News: Hubble Telescope Swivels for Action...science curriculum

News: Science curriculum for learning fun du jour...

Well as soon as that alert Aussie Amateur Astronomer, Anthony Wesley, spotted the new scar on Jupiter from the impact of the comet that hit it, the Hubble Telescope orbiting around the Earth was given the order to drop what you are doing and look at Jupiter.

The scar is the black blob in the photo on the post below. Almost looks like a scab forming on a cut.

Big News: Comet Hits Jupiter

Amazing news. By Jove! It's true. Last Sunday an amateur astronomer in Australia noticed a new "scar" on Jupiter and alerted the world. Evidently a comet hit Jupiter. This scar is the size of the Pacific Ocean.

Geez, and I thought the planets just rotated around the Sun and all the exciting events were millions of years in the past or millions of years in the future. Watching huge objects smash into each other right now in front of our eyes make learning fun.

Your vocabulary flash cards for today: Comet, Asteroid and Meteor. What's the difference? Look it up.