Mystery impact leaves earth-size mark on Jupiter

Jupiter is sporting a new scar after a mystery object hit the gaseous planet this week, NASA scientists say. An amateur astronomer in Australia noticed the new mark on the planet Sunday and tipped off scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, who then confirmed it was the result of a new impact, NASA said. It’s not clear what the object was that crashed into Jupiter’s poisonous atmosphere.

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