Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

14 Mar 2003

Fireballs From Space

World, 9pm

9:30AM

1 Jan 1995

EVERYONE else gets to write a summary of the year's events. This is mine. Please note that, as befits the fine journalistic tradition for which this column is known, some of these stories are true...

8:22PM

Earth in for a strike

24 Nov 1994

SOONER or later, earth is in for it: something big is going to fall out of the sky, with devastating consequences. This year's dramatic smash of a comet into Jupiter has both demonstrated how real...

1:35AM

Hear cosmic thunder in comet crash

15 Sep 1994

IN JULY this year, astronomers around the world were excited about a special event in space - a comet crashing into planet Jupiter.

8:22PM

Stargazers' chance to catch rare show

15 Jul 1994

SUNDAY night will be Hong Kong stargazers' first chance to see the week-long crash of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet into Jupiter.

8:54AM

Show offers insight into cosmic collision

21 Jun 1994

IN mid-July, a string of abut 20 pieces of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 will crash into the giant planet Jupiter over the course of six days.