Comet’s water still hanging around on Jupiter

Shoemaker-Levy 9 supplied almost all of aqueous part of the planet's upper atmosphere

In July 1994, the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 plowed into Jupiter, and the comet fragments triggered dark scars of debris in the giant planet’s atmosphere that were visible for weeks. The comet also left behind a more permanent deposit: millions of gallons of water.