Log Astronomy: Today marks an impact-FULL anniversary in astronomy!

Check out our latest blog post to learn more about Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's history-making moment!

Fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 as seen by Hubble on May 17, 1994. This image includes all 21 fragments and spans about 710,000 miles (114,000 kilometers), roughly three times the distance from the Earth to the Moon. The fragments impacted Jupiter in July 1994. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/H. Weaver And E. Smith (STSci))

An Impact-FULL anniversary!

Thirty years ago today, the first fragment of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 made quite an impact in astronomical history when it smashed into Jupiter's atmosphere! As the first observed collision of two solar system bodies, this event quickly became a scientific sensation.

Click the button below to learn more about this history-making event and the team behind the legendary comet's discovery in our latest blog post!

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