NOVA "The Planets: Jupiter"
NASA satellite image. Jupiter is a planet covered in storms. Thousands of kilometers across, these storms are larger than anything we see on Earth. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill.
Series: NOVA
The Planets: Jupiter
Jupiter's massive gravitational force made it a wrecking ball when it barreled through the early solar system. But it also shaped life on Earth, delivering comets laden with water - and perhaps even the fateful asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
