Jupiter Hit Hard By an Object

by Charles MudedeTo have life on a habitable planet, you need a Jupiter. NASA
One must add to the list of things that made life on Earth possible the planet of Jupiter itself. Its size helps keep life alive. How? By regularly getting slammed by all manner of objects. The massive gravity of Jupiter, which is 318 times more powerful than our one and only planet, draws asteroids and comets to it. As a consequence, it does a lot of sweeping; it keeps the core of the solar system pretty clean. It she