Hubble captures the recent impact on Jupiter

During the past several days the discovery of the Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley about a comet or asteroid impact on Jupiter is going to overshadow even the solar eclipse itself. Many of the world's largest telescopes have been directed to Jupiter. Now the checkout and calibration of Hubble has also been interrupted to aim the recently refurbished telescope at the new spot on the biggest planet of our system...

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