This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! New observations of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot have revealed that the planet’s atmosphere above and around the infamous storm is surprisingly interesting and active. This image shows the area observed by Webb: first the location on a NIRCam image of … Read more
Science and exploration 25/06/2024 758 views 12 I like this Using NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have observed the region above Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot and discovered a variety of previously unseen features. The region, previously thought to be unremarkable in nature, is home to a variety of intricate structures and activities. Jupiter’s … Read more
Enlarge / Enhanced Juno image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in 2018. It is probably not the same one Cassini observed in the 17th century. The planet Jupiter is best known for its so-called Great Red Spot, a swirling vortex in the gas giant’s atmosphere that has existed since 1831. But how it originated and … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has been swirling in the atmosphere of the largest planet in the solar system for years. But astronomers have debated how old the … Read more
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot – a storm larger than our entire planet – is one of the most visible features of the solar system, probably not long after the invention of the telescope, if not much earlier. However, new evidence shows that the site was created in 1831 and has been mistaken as a continuation … Read more
Centuries ago, a huge red spot on Jupiter disappeared. But years later a new one was born. Today we know this striking feature as the ‘Great Red Spot’, a swirling storm wider than Soil. Curiously, earlier astronomers, such as Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1665, also observed a colossal red storm at the same latitude on … Read more
Jupiter has long been famous for its Great Red Spot, but only recently did scientists learn more about how and how long ago it formed. The enormous vortex on the side of the solar system’s largest planet is a massive storm, long thought to have raged for more than 300 years, and larger than the … Read more
Using a telescope on a mountain in Arizona, scientists have managed to capture snapshots of Jupiter’s active moon Io – and these images are so detailed they rival images of the world from space. To capture these images, the team used a camera called SHARK-VIS, recently installed on the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mount … Read more
The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), located on Mount Graham in Arizona and operated by the University of Arizona, is part of the next generation of extremely large telescopes (ELTs). With two 8.4 m (~27.5 ft) primary mirrors, it has a collecting area slightly larger than that of a 30 meter (98.4 ft) telescope. With their … Read more
Using a telescope on a mountain in Arizona, scientists have managed to capture snapshots of Jupiter’s active moon Io – and these images are so detailed they rival images of the world from space. To capture these images, the team used a camera called SHARK-VIS, recently installed on the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mount … Read more