great red spot
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Classical Astronomers Observed a Different Great Red Spot on Jupiter
In 1665, astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observed a massive storm raging on Jupiter. It became known as the Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds that’s almost twice as wide as Earth. New research, however, suggests that the red-hued feature spotted by Cassini is not the same storm we see today. Using historical observations…
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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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New Juno Results Reveal The Weirdness Of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Surely you’re aware of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. The violent storm is the planet’s most noticeable feature, defining Jupiter in the same way that Saturn is defined by its rings, and Earth is defined by its yapping apes.
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Mysteriously Shrinking In A Dramatic Way
Scientists have noticed something dramatic happening in the Solar System: Jupiter’s famous Great Red Spot, the crimson monster storm that once was so large that it could eat three Earths, is mysteriously shrinking at high speed. Now it’s only the width of one Earth. Would it disappear in a few decades?