great red spot

The Hubble Space Telescope has once again mesmerized astronomers and space enthusiasts alike with its recent images of Jupiter, showcasing the gas giant's dynamic atmosphere filled with swirling storms and the iconic Great Red Spot. Captured on January 5-6, 2024 and thereafter shared by NASA, these portraits offer a glimpse into the tumultuous weather patterns and atmospheric phenomena occurring on Jupiter's colossal scale. With its exceptional clarity and precision, Hubble Telescope has provided unparalleled views of…

American space agency, NASA Hubble Telescope captured the Great Red Spot on the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. Interestingly, the spot is a vast storm, spinning like a cyclone. The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is the largest known storm in the solar system.  Informing about the same, Hubble Telescope tweeted, "Jupiter's Great Red Spot, seen in this #Hubble Classic image from 1999, has captivated astronomers for centuries. The spot is a vast storm, spinning like a cyclone. It's the largest known…

With all the fanfare around the Webb Space Telescope, it’s easy to forget about the tireless work of Hubble, its predecessor. The 30-year-old orbiting observatory has taken new images of Jupiter and Uranus that reveal recent changes in the atmospheres of the two worlds.Jupiter and Uranus are the fifth and seventh planets from the Sun, respectively. The milky-orange gas giant Jupiter is the largest planet; 11 Earths could fit across its equator, while Uranus—a dusty blue—is just about four times wider than Earth.In these…

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has a great Red Spot on it! And the image of the same has been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Interestingly, the spot is a vast storm, spinning like a cyclone and is also the largest known storm in the solar system. If you compare the size of it with that of Earth, the storm is some 2 times the size of our planet. Informing about the same, Hubble Telescope tweeted, "Jupiter's Great Red Spot, seen in this #HubbleClassic image from 1999, has captivated…

This image from the Juno spacecraft shows the nine cyclones at Jupiter’s north pole in infrared.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAMSome odd storms on Jupiter discovered back in 2017 by a NASA spacecraft are particularly intriguing to scientists. New research attempted to figure out how the nine cyclones spinning at Jupiter’s north pole remain so organized.Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is actually a mass of swirling storm clouds called an anticyclone, and it’s only one of many storms on the gas giant. At…

Jupiter’s faint rings and two of its moons can be seen against a backdrop of distant galaxies.Image: NASA, ESA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Ricardo Hueso (UPV/EHU) and Judy SchmidtThe Webb Space Telescope is capturing Jupiter as it’s never been seen before. The gas giant is glowing in the latest batch of Webb images, which show bright auroras at its north and south poles, huge storms that have been raging for centuries, extremely faint rings, and two of the planet’s 79 known moons. Idris Elba on the Power of…

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given new insights into Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Researchers have noticed that the speed of the winds in the massive planetary storm has increased over the last decade. This observation came after the analysis of Hubble's regular "storm reports". The average speed of the winds near the boundary has increased by 8 percent between the years 2009 and 2020. The current wind speed exceeds 400 miles per hour. This outer green circle is also called the high-speed ring. Interestingly, the winds…