Top Ten Explanations for Explosion on Jupiter

Ever so often cosmic bodies slam into each other and somebody on earth happens to be pointing a telescope in the right direction. Recently, astronomers obtained evidence that "something" big slammed into the face of Jupiter. This was evidenced by video and pictures from astronomers in Australia and the Philippines, which captured the flash of the explosion. Due to Jupiter's large mass, and hence powerful gravitational field, the gas giant often acts as a sort of vacuum cleaner for the solar system. Government agencies have taken the step of asking amateur astronomers to help out by observing Jupiter and looking for signs of what it was. The usual suspects include comets and asteroids. However, rumor on the street is that President Obama is secretly monitoring the situation and that NASA has stopped other work to investigate what, or even who, crashed into Jupiter. Here are ten possible explanations for the event:

1. Remember the "mother ship" from Close Encounters of the Third Kind? The massive flying saucer thing with all the lights that looked almost too real? Well, turns it out it may have been real as nobody has ever been to offer evidence that it was just a special effects prop built for the movie. Maybe its been cruising in space and decided to dive down into Jupiter's gases for a change.

2. That secret space plane that the Air Force launched a week ago. Somebody was asleep at the joystick and it coasted into Jupiter.

3. There have been rumors for years that Richard Simmons is an alien, and that he left earth for a vacation a couple weeks ago.

4. It is well known within the White House that Malia and Sasha frequently visit Area 51 and test drive UFOs there. If so, then they are both so grounded.

5. Filming for a new Star Trek film is underway, and apparently some action sequence was shot near Jupiter.

6. Filming for that Aliens prequel is underway, and something horrible has happened.

7. Haley's Comet decided to take the summer off and use its vacation home on Jupiter.

8. Jupiter just got hungry and swallowed one of its moons.

9. Two words: Giant Spitball

10. Martians have decided to invade Earth, but they're making a pit stop at Jupiter's 7-11

Sources:

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/03/4459598-something-hit-jupiter-again