This most recent collision with Jupiter brought attention to how the huge planet's gravity affects our solar system.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

He says the surprise collision clearly justifies the need for programs that search the skies for small space objects that could threaten earth.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The United States Space Surveillance Network is closely studying the collision involving the Russian satellite.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

And already we have cars that park themselves,collision avoidance systems that the car tells you that you're about to hit something or back into something.

VOA: special.2011.06.21

Before the collision, Iridium had a group of sixty-six satellites in orbit.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

But astronomers have seen a similar collision.

VOA: special.2009.08.25