Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Isn’t as Permanent as We Thought
The spot we see today isn’t the same one the Italian astronomer Cassini discovered centuries ago, research shows.
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Jupiter’s ‘Great Red Spot’ Is Shrinking — And Scientists Think They Know Why
This image of Jupiter from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in July 2022 shows stunning details of ... [+] the majestic planet in infrared light—including the "Great Red Spot." Look at any ...
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Is Jupiter's Great Red Spot an impostor? Giant storm may not be the original one discovered 350 years ago
Using data concerning the Great Red Spot's changes over time ... In 1665, Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini observed a giant dark spot on Jupiter, which he called the "Permanent Spot." ...
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New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant's massive bands disappear
A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing ...
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Discovery about Jupiter's clouds leaves astronomers "astonished"
New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ...
Citizen science reveals that Jupiter's colorful clouds are not made of ammonia ice
Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter's clouds. Instead of being formed of ammonia ice -- ...
On this date: Galileo discovers three major moons of Jupiter
Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant ...
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Skywatch: Jupiter’s on the night shift
Storms are also circulating in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, with the biggest one called the Great Red Spot, three times our Earth’s diameter. This giant hurricane-like storm has been raging on ...
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Jupiter News
Stench of a Gas Giant? Nearby Exoplanet Reeks of Rotten ... June 19, 2024 — Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot has persisted for at least 190 years and is likely a different spot from the one ...
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Isn’t as Permanent as We Thought
CREDIT: NASA/ESA/Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC)/Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Jupiter’s Great Red Spot—a rotating storm that is so large it could swallow Earth—isn’t what it used to be. Research has ...
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New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant's massive bands disappear
"These [white patches] are giant thunderstorms," John Rogers ... enough to stay intact for long periods, like Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot, and will instead get pulled apart, Rogers explained.
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot isn’t as permanent as we thought
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot—a rotating storm that is so large ... Today’s spot swirls in the gas giant’s Southern Hemisphere, and its winds can reach speeds of nearly 300 miles an hour.