gas giants
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Spinning Faster
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope keeps an eye on Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a 16,093 km-wide storm system that has been swirling for at least 190 years and possibly much longer. Recent data from the telescope indicates that the spot’s outer winds have picked up speed in the past decade.
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Astronomers Spot ‘Unique Meteorological Beast’ on Jupiter
For the first time ever, astronomers have measured winds inside Jupiter’s middle atmosphere, revealing unexpectedly fast jet streams within the planet’s deeper layers.
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An Enormous Exoplanet Is Having A Strange Influence On Its Star
There’s a star about 370 light years from here that’s pulsating in response to its unusually heavy planetary companion. It’s the first time that astronomers have seen this sort of interaction between a planet and its host star.