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Last week, Paul Kinzer answered my questions about planetary impacts, notably the recent one involving Jupiter. Last night, he went out with his own modest amateur astronomer's kit to see if he could snap some pictures himself. Here's what he found.
Read MoreIt was big news yesterday -- an amateur astronomer snapped a picture of the aftermath of a major collision with Jupiter. I asked our amateur astronomy guru Paul Kinzer about this. He replies: "Jupiter is an effective vacuum cleaner, too, protecting us from the 'rear', where most of the potentially hazardous comets and asteroids come from."
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