Scientists Watch Comet Impact Jupiter (1994)

People gathered around computer screens.
June 18, 2019
CreditNASA/STSci
Historical DateJuly 16, 1994
Language
  • english

Scientists gather to watch as the Hubble Space Telescope sends back the first images of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 as it crashed into Jupiter. This was the first time humans witnesses such an epic impact.