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Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 Bombards Jupiter (Jupiter, Comet Shoemaker-Levy) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 Bombards Jupiter

November 29, 1995 · NASA · Jupiter, Comet Shoemaker-Levy

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Hubble followed unexpected and dramatic changes in Jupiter's atmosphere caused by collisions with comet fragments. The titanic blasts left Jupiter with a temporarily ``bruised'' appearance, caused by black debris that was tossed high above the giant planet's cloudtops. (Image Released: July 1994)