On June 3rd, an Australian astronomer saw a two-second long light flash from Jupiter on his telescope. A Philippines astronomer saw the same thing.
It is suspected that something big must've hit the planet for it to create a flash so bright for Earth to see it. Images taken on June 7th showed no signs of debris over the cloud tops, which meant the object didn't descend below the clouds and make an explosion as a fireball. Instead the flash is assumed to come from a giant meteor burning up above the cloud tops.
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