Astronomers at UC Berkeley have identified mysterious Earth-sized spots at Jupiter’s poles with rapid life cycles.
The Great Red Spot is not the only Earth-sized atmospheric disturbance seen on Jupiter. That dramatic storm remains number ...
The dark UV ovals were first spotted by NASA’s Hubble spacecraft in the late 1990s, but have only recently been studied in ...
Observations between 2015 and 2022 show that these features are more prevalent at the south pole, appearing in 75% of the ...
In addition to the Great Red Spot, which appears blue ... The spots absorb more UV than the surrounding areas, making them ...
As on Earth, Jupiter's magnetic field converges at its poles, and as on Earth, this concentration of magnetic field lines drives charged particles toward the polar regions, where ...