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It would appear that a really big storm on Jupiter can leave a noticeable mark in the planet's atmosphere. A recent study tapped into data collected by the Jupiter-orbiting spacecraft Juno and the ...
Jupiter is well-known for being the biggest planet in our solar system, and it's also home to the biggest storm. It's called the Great Red Spot, an enormous vortex that has been swirling for ...
Here’s how it works. The Great Red Spot is an anticyclone, a long-lasting area of high pressure on Jupiter creating a persistent storm. Located in Jupiter's Southern Hemisphere, it is the ...
New observations conducted by NASA's Juno spacecraft have led to the discovery that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is deeper than previously believed. The findings reveal that the storm extends as far ...
Jupiter isn’t losing its most famous feature anytime soon. The planet’s Great Red Spot — which appears as a prominent, flame-hued blemish on the gas giant — is a massive storm that has ...
The biggest storm in our solar system is getting wilder. Winds in Jupiter's great red spot are getting faster, astronomers reported in a new study published Monday. While not a dramatic increase ...
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the humungous storm that has roiled the gas giant for up to 300 years, heats the atmosphere above it to scorching temperatures, new findings show. Atmospheric ...
A signature storm on Neptune is vanishing, too. Get a good look at Jupiter's Great Red Spot while you can. The giant storm as we know it today is shrinking, and it might fade into memory within ...
You can contact her at k.hignett@newsweek.com. A ferocious storm has battered Jupiter for at least 188 years. From Earth, it is observed as red swirling clouds racing counter-clockwise in what is ...
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is such a crazy, turbulent storm that it creates sound waves that travel hundreds of miles up and actually heat the planet's upper atmosphere. The Great Red Spot is a vast ...
Here’s how it works. A storm is brewing half a billion miles away and in a rare event, astronomers get to watch it closely. Jupiter is growing a new red spot and the Hubble Space Telescope is ...