Processing images of this cosmic crash will likely take some time

Pallab GhoshScience correspondent The impact happened in broad daylight as seen from many parts of the world, and the tiny flash produced would have been far too faint to see, even through a telescope. Amateur astronomers observing in darkness elsewhere also had little realistic chance of spotting it, given the flash lasts only a fraction of a second. They may, however, have caught sight of the plume of dust thrown up by the crash, which could have risen as high as 100 km and lasted for several