21 blazing fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, seen as dark red glints of light against black space.

Shoemaker-Levy fragments

The 21 fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on a collision course with Jupiter are seen in this panoramic image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on May 17, 1994.

Credits: NASA/Hubble