News Release 24:
Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision with 9P/Tempel 1 Comet
July 25, 2005
On July 4, 2005, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the nineteen-hour spectacular show that stared with the collision between a 372 kilogram (820 pound) projectile released by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft and the antimatter 9P/Tempel 1 comet. This sequence of images shows the comet before, during, and after the impact.
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The Mirror Energy
produced from the Deep Impact projectile's annihilation was 67 trillion
mega-joules. The energy was equivalent to the all the energy that the World
uses for one year. The explosion blasted thousands of antimatter of the
comet and scatter it over 3,200 kilometer into space.
The annihilation of the antimatter and solar dust particles produced a nineteen-hour spectacular show that was observed by scientists around the World. The Mirror Energy produced during the show was estimated to have been equivalent to the all energy that the World will be using in twenty-first century. |
Mirror Energy from matter and antimatter annihilations produces gamma-rays, x-rays and spectrum of radiation, which includes light. The visible-light images were taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys' High Resolution Camera. When additional pictures become available, they will be posted along with their references. The gamma-rays, x-rays and the spectrum of radiation are orders of magnitude greater than the visible-light spectrum shown above.
Our plans are to send a spacecraft behind the comet to mine the thousands of tons of antimatter that have been blasted off the comet. Since the orbits of Mars and the 9P/Tempel 1 comet will be intersecting each other in January 2022, we will also be evaluating the probabilities of antimatter colliding with Mars. To observe their obits, please advance the clock to January 2022.
NASA's Deep Impact
collision with the 9/Tempel 1 comet confirms
that comets are natural sources of antimatter.