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This is Love

The Asteroid Hunter

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.79.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In the early ’90s, a comet smashed into Jupiter with the force of 300 million atomic bombs. No one had seen anything like it before, and astronomers quickly realized that we should be monitoring asteroids and comets near Earth. Today, that’s David Rankin’s job. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.1

In 1993, astronomers discovered something orbiting Jupiter.

1:10.3

It was a comet that had been broken into many pieces by Jupiter's gravity.

1:14.2

Some scientists described it looking like a string of pearls.

1:21.5

It didn't take long for them to realize that the comet was on track to smash right into Jupiter.

1:29.8

And it just raised a lot of eyebrows because it was the first time in human history that we'd seen one of these really intense,

1:35.7

potentially catastrophic impacts happening in the solar system.

1:37.4

It kind of scared a lot of people, I think.

1:41.4

The comet fragments crashed into Jupiter over a period of several days,

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