"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," attracting and potentially protecting Earth from dangerous space rocks. Scientists rely on hobby astronomers to report these types of impacts, which occur more frequently than observed.