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NASA’s Juno spacecraft has once again delivered a stunning view of Jupiter’s ever-changing atmosphere. In this latest image, a trail of drifting clouds ...
A recent observation of one of Jupiter's most prominent features – the Great Red Spot – reveals the phenomenon is not quite as stable as it seems. Images of the giant red storm, captured over ...
A series of images recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope from December 2023 through March 2024 reveal a jiggly Great Red Spot of Jupiter. Video by NASA, ESA, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC) Credit Credit ...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in 2023 and 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, J.
Eight snapshots of the Great Red Spot taken by the Hubble Space Telescope between Dec. 10, 2023 and March 8, 2024. Look carefully and you can see its width changing. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/Amy ...
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a high-pressure, rotating vortex that has stood the test of time. The cloud tops of this storm have been seen from Earth for more than 150 years.
GREENBELT, Md. — Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a colossal storm that has raged for centuries, is revealing new secrets about its dynamic nature. Recent observations using NASA’s Hubble Space ...
Astronomers have observed Jupiter's legendary Great Red Spot (GRS), an anticyclone large enough to swallow Earth, for at least 150 years. But there are always new surprises -- especially when NASA ...
Instead, the Spot is squeezing in and out, with NASA describing it as “jiggling like a bowl of gelatin.” Astronomers have been keeping an eye on Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) for at least ...
If the moon is said to be made of cheese (it’s not), then Jupiter’s famed Great Red Spot (GRS) is more like a bowl of JELL-O. A new look at this enormous anticyclone on our solar system’s ...
Jupiter's Great Red Spot appears blue instead of red in ultraviolet. Hubble Space Telescope image of an ultraviolet view of Jupiter (main) and true-color image of Jupiter, also taken by the Hubble ...
The venerable Hubble Space Telescope has watched Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) oscillating, as though it were being squeezed in and out roughly every 90 days. Why this huge anticyclone, which has ...