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"Backyard Telescopes" Show Objects Hitting Jupiter

People with "backyard telescopes" were the first ones to see objects hitting the planet Jupiter twice this summer.

On June 3rd, Anthony Wesley of Australia and Christopher Go of the Philippines both saw a flash on the planet. They emailed scientists about it. The flash was probably a comet or asteroid that caught fire in Jupiter's atmosphere.

On August 20th, another hobbyist, Masayuki Tachikawa of Japan, saw another flash on the planet.

The first object was about 30 to 40 feet across. Before it was seen, scientists did not know that such small crashes could be seen by telescope.

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Shooting at U.S. Military Post

A reservist (part-time soldier) was shot and killed at a military center in Georgia, USA. Another reservist turned himself in to police just after this.

Video: Two Try to Get Onto Military Base with Weapons

Two people were arrested trying to get onto a U.S. Air Force base in Florida. They did not have permission to enter -- and there were guns in their car.

Video: Two More Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Seven International Security Assistance Force troops were killed in Afghanistan on Monday -- five of them by one homemade bomb.

Today, two more were killed.

ISAF does not give the names of the dead. Their home countries do that. The U.S. does not give out the names until their families have been told.

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