Hubble Photographs Jupiter's New "Scar" 60
BearRanger writes "Calibration of new systems in the Hubble Space Telescope (installed in May by Shuttle Atlantis astronauts) were interrupted to take pictures of the new 'scar' near the south pole of Jupiter. The scar is believed to have been caused by the impact of an asteroid or small comet with the gas giant, which we discussed last Sunday. Hubble's return to service will be delayed by this interruption, but NASA says that rare events such as this warrant the delay. This is only the second recorded impact of an object with Jupiter."
Cult Watch (Score:3, Interesting)
After Art Bell hyped the Hale-Bopp as spaceship with Major Ed Dames, the Heaven's Gate cult [wikipedia.org] offed themselves, thinking they were going home to their reward. I bet Dames and fellow snake oil salesman, Richard C. Hoagland [wikipedia.org] are spinning this one for some sort of prophecy. Watch Hoagland tie his 19.5 Cosmic Math and Masonic rituals into it.
If you are in a cult, now is the time to turn down the bowl of apple sauce and free pairs of Nike.
Hubble seems really upgraded (Score:4, Interesting)
This is a pretty great image. I don't remember shots of jupiter looking anywhere near this good before. I really can't wait to see what the new hubble is capable of producing.
Size (Score:4, Interesting)
Has there been any mention of the size of that scar? I know the red spot can hold 2-3 earths but what size is that scar?
Ominous... (Score:3, Interesting)
Future probes (Score:3, Interesting)
In fact, if America was not hurting financially as bad as we are, I think that it would be useful to see us send a new set of voyagers using a ares V/Direct launcher, a great deal more nukes, and obviously a lot of fuel for a vasmir. We could get outside of the solar system in a relatively short period of time, while doing a LOT more exploration.
Monoliths (Score:2, Interesting)