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How many rockets does it take to blow up Jupiter?

How many rockets does it take to blow up Jupiter?

Bright Side Universe

November 10, 20256m 52s

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Show Notes

Sounds wild, right? In this video we explain why destroying Jupiter is basically impossible — not because we don’t try, but because the planet is just too massive and held together by insane amounts of gravity. Using the Shoemaker–Levy 9 impact as a real example, we compare scales, energy, and why rockets or bombs wouldn’t do the job. It’s a mind-blowing look at cosmic scale and why some sci-fi ideas stay firmly in fiction.

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