"Amateur Astronomer Captures Rare Video of Jupiter's Brightest Fireball"

An amateur astronomer in Japan captured rare video footage of a bright flash on Jupiter, likely caused by an asteroid or comet colliding with the planet's surface. This is only the second time in a decade that such a significant impact has been recorded. Jupiter's powerful gravity makes it a "vacuum cleaner of the solar system," pulling in comets and asteroids and potentially protecting Earth from catastrophic impacts. Scientists rely on hobby astronomers to report these events, as they occur more frequently than observed.