Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Amateur's amazing discovery about Jupiter

Amateur's amazing discovery about Jupiter

Astronomers are stunned after a man using his backyard telescope finds evidence that an object has hit the planet.

Amateur's amazing discovery about Jupiter

Also:

Jupiter sports new 'bruise' from impact

Infrared observations taken at the Keck II telescope in Hawaii reveal a bright spot where the impact occurred. The spot looks black at visible wavelengths (Image: Paul Kalas/Michael Fitzgerald/Franck Marchis/UC Berkeley/SETI Institute)

A new black spot about as big as the Earth has been found on Jupiter – astronomers say it was caused by an impact, not by one of the planet's famous storms

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