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A hole as big as Earth in Jupiter [1]

In a startling discovery, an amateur Australian astronomer has spotted a giant hole, the size of the Earth, on planet Jupiter - a finding corroborated by US space agency NASA.

Anthony Wesley said he spotted the dark "scar" which had suddenly appeared on Jupiter through a homemade telescope, from the yard of his rural home near Canberra on Sunday night, 'The Times' reported.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2009
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
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Science And Technology [3], Astronomy [4], Australia [5], NASA [6]
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