Jupiter's New Ring: Legacy of a Historic Comet Collision

A new hypothesis suggests that the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in 1994 may have left the planet with a new, thin ring. The comet's fragments, which were the first observed hitting another Solar System body, could have generated dust particles that settled into a ring around Jupiter. This proposal, presented by Professor Mihaly Horanyi, awaits confirmation from NASA's Europa Clipper mission, which will study Jupiter and its moons in 2030.