NASA images show scar in planet’s atmosphere  near south pole

NASA / JPL / IRTF This image, captured by NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility on Hawaii, shows a large impact on Jupiter's south polar region on Monday. The impact zone is the bright spot at lower left.

Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the “King of Pop” and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50.

Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ed Winter, the assistant chief coroner for Los Angeles County, confirmed his office had been notified of the death and would handle the investigation.


全球媒体关注杰克逊死讯 NBC与BBC进行特别报道

美国全国广播公司(NBC)本来计划晚上10点播出因癌症去世的女星法拉·佛赛特的专题报道。现在他们决定延长节目时间，将佛赛特与杰克逊的新闻一起报道。哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）也会在十点对两位明星的死亡同时进行报道。英国广播公司也进行了特别报道。

网民争相浏览杰克逊病逝消息 美国多家网站瘫痪

关于迈克尔·杰克逊死讯对互联网的影响，记者玛格丽特·西尔格勒（MG Siegler）在Techcrunch博客上写到，很少有哪位名人的名气能与迈克尔·杰克逊相比，在这个星球上，无论你是喜欢他还是讨厌他，都知道他的名字。

这正是今天导致很多网站因报道杰克逊过世的消息而出现了大麻烦的原因。不难想象，当很多人在Twitter上同时大量发布有关杰克逊的tweets时，是

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