The Great Red Spot, almost true size
14 years, 5 months ago

The Great Red Spot, almost true size

Slate  

One of the fun things about astronomical data is that a lot of it is public; if you know where to look you can find it. And a lot of telescopes and space probes produce so much data there’s simply no way professional scientists can look at it all… giving “amateurs” a chance to create images from these data. That is, of course, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot as seen by the Voyager 1, a spacecraft that flew by Jupiter more than 30 years ago now. The gifted astrophotographer Björn Jónssen reprocessed the images to produce this simply stunning portrait of the centuries-old storm. Björn posts his work on the terrific Unmanned Spaceflight board, a great place to see what folks are doing with space imagery, and where you’ll find other versions of this magnificent shot.

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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot isn’t as permanent as we thought
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot isn’t as permanent as we thought

Live Mint  

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot—a rotating storm that is so large it could swallow Earth—isn’t what it used to be. Today’s spot is trapped at its current mid-latitude locale between two windy jet streams to the north and south, which flow parallel to Jupiter’s equator in opposite directions. Previously, researchers hypothesized that smaller storms merged to form the Great Red Spot, …

Jupiter is in stormy weather. They are big enough to swallow Earth
1 year ago

Jupiter is in stormy weather. They are big enough to swallow Earth

India Today  

The Hubble Space Telescope has looked at Jupiter and the pictures reveal a world battered by some of the most powerful storms. The spacecraft captured the Great Red Spot, a perpetual storm, that is so big it could swallow Earth, and the Red Spot Jr, a feature at a more southerly latitude on the planet. Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope imaged …

NASA’s Juno captures stunning pic of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, it’s ‘twice as large as Earth’
1 year ago

NASA’s Juno captures stunning pic of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, it’s ‘twice as large as Earth’

Hindustan Times  

NASA often shares mesmerising pictures of our planets, galaxies and beyond, providing insight into the wonders of our universe. Recently, the space organisation took to Instagram to share a picture of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter captured by their spacecraft Juno. “Our spacecraft Juno captured Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in this true colour portrait from around 8,648 miles away,” …

In Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot, NASA spacecraft finds hidden depths
3 years, 4 months ago

In Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot, NASA spacecraft finds hidden depths

NPR  

In Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot, NASA spacecraft finds hidden depths Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstäd/Seán Doran © CC NC SA NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstäd/Seán Doran © CC NC SA Jupiter is well-known for being the biggest planet in our solar system, and it's also home to the biggest storm. Sponsor Message Measuring the Great Red Spot's gravity During its …

Jupiter's Great Red Spot isn't just wide — it's deep, too
3 years, 4 months ago

Jupiter's Great Red Spot isn't just wide — it's deep, too

Salon  

Jupiter's Great Red Spot appears like a slightly stretched pancake, an ovular stain on the biggest planet in the solar system. In either estimate, the Great Red Spot extends well past the area of Jupiter's atmosphere, where scientists believe water and ammonia have condensed into clouds. "The Great Red Spot is as deep within Jupiter as the International Space Station …

NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals depth of Jupiter's Great Red Spot; here's all you need to know
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals depth of Jupiter's Great Red Spot; here's all you need to know

Firstpost  

In 2011, NASA had launched its spacecraft Juno to get closer to the gas giant. According to the latest research, the Great Red Spot, a circular storm that has been raging on the planet for centuries, extends into the planet itself. According to data gathered by Juno passing over the Great Red Spot twice in 2019, the Great Red Spot …

Jupiter's monster storm not just wide but surprisingly deep
3 years, 4 months ago

Jupiter's monster storm not just wide but surprisingly deep

Deccan Chronicle  

Cape Canaveral: Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm so big it could swallow Earth, extends surprisingly deep beneath the planet's cloud tops, scientists have reported. NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered that the monster storm, though shrinking, still has a depth of between 200 miles and 300 miles or so When combined with its width of 10,000 miles, the Great Red …

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is surprisingly deep, NASA Juno spacecraft reveals
3 years, 4 months ago

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is surprisingly deep, NASA Juno spacecraft reveals

CNN  

CNN — Scientists revealed the latest discoveries on Jupiter, including surprising findings about the planet’s Great Red Spot and the cyclonic storms swirling at the poles, in a NASA press conference on Thursday. In February and July 2019, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew directly over the Great Red Spot, which is about 10,000 miles wide, to figure out how deep the …

NASA's Hubble Captures Storm in Jupiter's Great Red Spot Speeding Up
3 years, 5 months ago

NASA's Hubble Captures Storm in Jupiter's Great Red Spot Speeding Up

News 18  

If you have seen pictures of the beautiful “king” of our solar system — Jupiter –you must have noticed a giant crimson spot on the planet. Now, scientists at NASA and the University of California, Berkeley, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States, have discovered that the winds in the outer “lanes” of the storm are speeding up. Using data …

A storm bigger than entire Earth: Wind speed in Jupiter's Great Red Spot speeding up, blowing at over 640 kmph
3 years, 5 months ago

A storm bigger than entire Earth: Wind speed in Jupiter's Great Red Spot speeding up, blowing at over 640 kmph

India Today  

Jupiter has always been the centre of curiosity for astronomers, however, it's not just the staggering size of this planet that attracts attention but phenomenons on the surface as well. The telescope has beamed back data indicating that the winds in the outermost "lane" of Jupiter's Great Red Spot are accelerating. The Great Red Spot has been observed raging on …

Jupiter, enticing moon Europa star in new Hubble photo
4 years, 6 months ago

Jupiter, enticing moon Europa star in new Hubble photo

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jupiter and its enticing moon …

Great Red Spot on Jupiter is perhaps not dying, or maybe it is
5 years, 4 months ago

Great Red Spot on Jupiter is perhaps not dying, or maybe it is

India Today  

Great Red Spot, giant Jupiter's trademark feature, is making headlines for some reports said that it is dying. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a storm rolling counterclockwise between two bands of clouds. It seems that the recent flakes and blades made people believe that the Great Red Spot maybe breaking apart but Philip Marcus's calculations have shed light from a …

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is not dying, scientist says
5 years, 4 months ago

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is not dying, scientist says

CNN  

CNN — The Great Red Spot is Jupiter’s most defining feature, and researchers say the storm has been shrinking for the last 150 years. Last year, photos taken by NASA’s Juno mission appeared to show the Great Red Spot shedding flakes, as though it was dying. Marcus and his team conducted a computer analysis of detailed, high-resolution images of the …

Jupiter’s new portrait snapped by Hubble
5 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter’s new portrait snapped by Hubble

CNN  

CNN — Each year, the Hubble Space Telescope spends some time looking at the outer planets of our solar system. Hubble participates in the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program, and these images of the outer planets help scientists study the giant planets and their atmospheres. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of Jupiter's clouds. Bands of …

Australian backyard astronomer praised for epic photos of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
5 years, 9 months ago

Australian backyard astronomer praised for epic photos of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

ABC  

Experts have praised an amateur astronomer from central Queensland for documenting a historic planetary event through a homemade telescope. Key points: Anthony Wesley takes photos of Jupiter with a camera mounted on his telescope, which he made from mirrors and metal framing The photos are of the Big Red Spot, a storm which has raged above Jupiter for more than …

New photos from Jupiter look like a van Gogh painting
6 years, 1 month ago

New photos from Jupiter look like a van Gogh painting

CNN  

CNN — No, that’s not Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” painting, but the swirls are pretty convincing. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back some lovely new photos of Jupiter that give us all of the Post-Impressionist feels. In the new images, atmospheric features in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere showcase clouds that swirl around a circle in a jet stream region called …

NASA sent Juno to Jupiter in 2011. It got back works of art
6 years, 3 months ago

NASA sent Juno to Jupiter in 2011. It got back works of art

CNN  

CNN — NASA sent the spacecraft Juno to Jupiter in 2011. A south tropical disturbance has just passed Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot and reflects its orange haze from in these series of color-enhanced images from NASA. “The general theme of our discoveries is really how different Jupiter looked from how we expected,” said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator, from …

The calm at the center of Jupiter's Great Red Spot:
6 years, 4 months ago

The calm at the center of Jupiter's Great Red Spot:

Daily Mail  

Jupiter's Great Red Spot has long intrigued astronomers, with its gigantic swirling storms and hurricane force winds. The study, conducted by an international team of researchers led by Agustín Sánchez-Lavega, professor of Physics at the University of the Basque Country, found a 'rich diversity' of clouds within the Great Red Spot. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant oval of …

Jupiter in the rear view mirror: NASA's Juno probe captures stunning view of swirling storms
6 years, 5 months ago

Jupiter in the rear view mirror: NASA's Juno probe captures stunning view of swirling storms

Daily Mail  

NASA's Juno probe has revealed a stunning 'rear view mirror' view of Jupiter. Scroll down for video The image, captured in the final minutes of a recent close flyby of Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a departing view of the planet's swirling southern hemisphere. At the time, Juno was about 44,300 miles from the planet's cloud tops, above a southern …

Water spotted at Jupiter's Great Red Spot, says NASA
6 years, 6 months ago

Water spotted at Jupiter's Great Red Spot, says NASA

India TV News  

Looking at the depths of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter, NASA scientists have found water above the planet's deepest clouds. The team led by Gordon l. Bjoraker was looking from ground-based telescopes at wavelengths sensitive to thermal radiation leaking from the depths of Jupiter's persistent storm when they detected the chemical signatures of water above the planet's deepest clouds. …

Signs of water inside Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, says NASA
6 years, 6 months ago

Signs of water inside Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, says NASA

India TV News  

Signs of water have been detected above Jupiter’s deepest clouds, revealed NASA scientists peering deep inside Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm that has been raging on the planet for over 350 years. Jupiter has two to nine times more oxygen than the Sun which has been implied by the pressure of water combined with their measurements of another oxygen-bearing …

Nasa scientists saw through thick clouds of Jupiter's Great Red Spot to find water
6 years, 6 months ago

Nasa scientists saw through thick clouds of Jupiter's Great Red Spot to find water

India Today  

Jupiter and its Great Red Spot -- a storm that has been raging on the gas giant for over 350 years -- have always been at the centre of attraction for scientists. Water in Jupiter's Great Red Spot The findings, published in the Astronomical Journal, support theoretical and computer-simulation models that have predicted abundant water on Jupiter. Spacecraft that previously …

NASA's Webb Telescope to unravel Jupiter's Great Red Spot mystery
6 years, 9 months ago

NASA's Webb Telescope to unravel Jupiter's Great Red Spot mystery

The Quint  

Washington, June 26 NASAs James Webb Space Telescope will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiters Great Red Spot, shedding new light on the enigmatic storm, the US space agency said. led by leigh Fletcher, a senior research fellow from the University of leicester, the scientists plan to use Webb's mid-infrared instrument to create multispectral maps of the Great …

WHAT IS JUPITER'S GREAT RED SPOT?
7 years ago

WHAT IS JUPITER'S GREAT RED SPOT?

Daily Mail  

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant oval of crimson-coloured clouds in Jupiter's southern hemisphere that race counterclockwise around the oval's perimeter. Trapped between two jet streams, the Great Red Spot is an anticyclone swirling around a centre of high atmospheric pressure that makes it rotate in the opposite direction to hurricanes on Earth. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a …

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is 100 times deeper than Earth's oceans!
7 years, 3 months ago

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is 100 times deeper than Earth's oceans!

India Today  

How deep are your roots? Impossible: NASA's Juno spacecraft has recently found that Jupiter's famous atmospheric storm and signature feature -- the Great Red Spot -- has roots that penetrate about 300 km! The finding The latest findings by the Juno mission managed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory were revealed at the annual American Geophysical Union meeting in New Orleans held …

Want to see how a raging storm on Jupiter looks like? Here's an unbelievable NASA photograph
7 years, 4 months ago

Want to see how a raging storm on Jupiter looks like? Here's an unbelievable NASA photograph

India TV News  

Our solar system has always been a curious source of study with scientists discovering an astonishing fact every day. NASA's Juno spacecraft beamed back a stunning image of a massive, raging storm in Jupiters northern hemisphere, captured by the probe during its ninth close flyby of the gas giant planet. The colour-enhanced images shows a storm rotating counter-clockwise with a …

NASA image shows massive, raging storm on Jupiter
7 years, 4 months ago

NASA image shows massive, raging storm on Jupiter

Daily Mail  

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured a breathtaking image of a raging tempest on Jupiter. JUPITER'S STRING OF PEARLS' A 'String of Pearls' was pictured in the image at 40 degrees south latitude on the gas giant planet. Nasa describes them as 'massive counterclockwise rotating storms that appear as white ovals in the gas giant's southern hemisphere.' Jupiter is known to …

NASA unveils photos of Jupiter 'up close and personal'
7 years, 6 months ago

NASA unveils photos of Jupiter 'up close and personal'

Daily Mail  

NASA's Juno spacecraft performed its eighth flyby of Jupiter and captured stunning images of the planet. It was taken on July 10, 2017 at 6:42 p.m. PDT, as the Juno spacecraft performed its seventh close flyby of Jupiter, and shows the North North Temperate Little Red Spot 1, the third largest anticyclonic oval on the planet which is typically around …

In pictures: closest images yet of Jupiter’s iconic ‘Great Red Spot’
7 years, 8 months ago

In pictures: closest images yet of Jupiter’s iconic ‘Great Red Spot’

The Hindu  

NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft has beamed back a series of images of Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot, revealing a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval. “For hundreds of years scientists have been observing, wondering and theorizing about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot,” said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in …

Juno and the Great Red Spot: First NASA images from fly-by of solar system's biggest storm
7 years, 8 months ago

Juno and the Great Red Spot: First NASA images from fly-by of solar system's biggest storm

ABC  

The first ever close-up images of Jupiter's gargantuan hurricane, the Great Red Spot, are beginning to trickle through from NASA's Juno spacecraft after it completed its historic fly-by a few days ago. Scientists are hoping the images — which will continue to be downloaded into the weekend — will open a new chapter in our understanding of the solar system's …

Probe peers into Jupiter's Great Red Spot
7 years, 8 months ago

Probe peers into Jupiter's Great Red Spot

China Daily  

NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter's Great Red Spot is seen in this undated handout illustration obtained by Reuters July 11, 2017. LOS ANGELES - A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter began transmitting data and images on Tuesday from humanity's closest brush with the Great Red Spot, a flyby of the colossal, crimson storm that has fascinated Earthbound …

Here are NASA’s newest photos of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot
7 years, 8 months ago

Here are NASA’s newest photos of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot

CNN  

Story highlights Mission Juno was just 5,600 miles away Scientists look to more research on Jupiter and its Great Red Spot CNN — NASA just released photos of Jupiter that are clearer and closer than ever before. From just 5,600 miles away, NASA’s Juno mission offers a new look at the planet’s famous Great Red Spot storm. Now, Juno and …

Juno looked into Jupiter's Great Red Eye and this is what it saw
7 years, 8 months ago

Juno looked into Jupiter's Great Red Eye and this is what it saw

India Today  

NASA's Juno mission has finally completed a flyby of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Basic facts on the Juno mission: Juno was launched on August 5, 2011 from Cape Canaveral, Florida It entered Jupiter's orbit on July 4, 2016 The spacecraft flew within about 2,600 miles of Jupiter's swirling cloud tops on August 27 The findings will be published in two …

Check Out Juno’s Stirring Closeups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
55 years, 2 months ago

Check Out Juno’s Stirring Closeups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

Wired  

Even if you're a total space junkie, your mental image is probably an orange and white-striped planet with a big red dot in the southern hemisphere. Jupiter's red spot—a storm with a diameter larger than Earth's—has been the planet's most conspicuous feature for centuries, and was definitely the answer to a question on your fifth grade astronomy test. The Juno …

Nasa Juno spacecraft gets humanity's best glance yet at swirling red spot on Jupiter
7 years, 8 months ago

Nasa Juno spacecraft gets humanity's best glance yet at swirling red spot on Jupiter

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nasa's Juno spacecraft is sending back images from its trip to scrape by Jupiter and take pictures …

Juno and the Great Red Spot: Buzzing Jupiter's mammoth storm
7 years, 8 months ago

Juno and the Great Red Spot: Buzzing Jupiter's mammoth storm

ABC  

As weather systems go, Jupiter's Great Red Spot is an interplanetary heavyweight. Key points: NASA'S Juno spacecraft will fly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot at 12:06pm The weather system is a 200-year-old hurricane that is 16,000km across Juno will provide the first ever close-up snaps of the solar system's biggest storm And at 12:06pm on Tuesday, NASA's Juno spacecraft hurtled …

NASA’s ‘Hubble’ takes close-up portrait of Jupiter (Pic inside)
7 years, 11 months ago

NASA’s ‘Hubble’ takes close-up portrait of Jupiter (Pic inside)

India TV News  

NASA's Hubble space telescope has captured a dazzling photo of Jupiter when it was comparatively closer to Earth, at 668 million kilometres. On April 3, 2017, as Jupiter made its nearest approach to Earth in a year, Hubble captured the dazzling image of the solar system's largest planet when it was comparatively close to Earth. Opposition also marks Jupiter's closest …

Jupiter's Great Red 'Hot Spot' may explain atmospheric mystery
8 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter's Great Red 'Hot Spot' may explain atmospheric mystery

ABC  

The howling turbulence of Jupiter's Great Red Spot may be superheating the upper atmosphere above the storm, researchers say. Key points Jupiter's upper atmosphere is hotter than it should be A temperature spike has been found above Jupiter's Great Red Spot This suggests turbulence is the reason for such temperature anomalies The findings may shed light on a long-standing mystery …

Jupiter’s giant, red hot storm heats the entire planet
8 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter’s giant, red hot storm heats the entire planet

CNN  

Story highlights Great Red Spot thought to be the cause of high temperatures seen in Jupiter's atmosphere Huge storm releases sound and gravity waves that heat air above it CNN — Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the humungous storm that has roiled the gas giant for up to 300 years, heats the atmosphere above it to scorching temperatures, new findings show. …

Why is Jupiter extra-hot over the Great Red Spot? Scientists puzzle over superstorm
8 years, 8 months ago

Why is Jupiter extra-hot over the Great Red Spot? Scientists puzzle over superstorm

LA Times  

Scientists scanning Jupiter’s atmosphere have found a mysterious spike in temperature high above the Great Red Spot — that massive, swirling storm that has graced the planet’s face for centuries. “Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all far too hot in their upper atmospheres compared to the amount of sunlight they receive,” said lead author James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist …

Jupiter: Radio map shows planet's stormy weather has deep roots
8 years, 9 months ago

Jupiter: Radio map shows planet's stormy weather has deep roots

ABC  

Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot and other stormy surface features extend 30 to 100 kilometres below the enigmatic surface of the gas giant, a new radio map of the planet's atmosphere has revealed. Key points New technique showed swirling ammonia beneath Jupiter's cloud tops mirrors those on surface Also showed hotspots are ammonia-poor regions encircling planet Findings to help understanding …

Jupiter's changing Great Red Spot
9 years, 5 months ago

Jupiter's changing Great Red Spot

ABC  

A new video shows the solar system's largest planet Jupiter from all angles, including its famous Great Red Spot. Observations from the Hubble Space Telescope confirm that the red spot — a huge swirling storm which has raged on Jupiter for over 300 years — is continuing to shrink and change colour. In 1979, NASA's twin Voyager missions flew past …

Great Red Spot: Iconic storm on Jupiter is getting smaller.
10 years, 10 months ago

Great Red Spot: Iconic storm on Jupiter is getting smaller.

Slate  

It’s shrinking!” Well, this is weird: Jupiter’s enormous Red Spot is shrinking. The Red Spot is a giant, stable, circulating storm, a huge vortex still big enough to easily swallow the Earth without our planet even touching the sides. Apparently, estimates of its size dating back to the late 19th century gauge it at 41,000 kilometers long, so it’s been …

Nasa says Jupiter's 'great red spot' is getting smaller
10 years, 10 months ago

Nasa says Jupiter's 'great red spot' is getting smaller

Daily Mail  

The mystery of the shrinking storm: Nasa says Jupiter's 'great red spot' is getting smaller Spot is a violent storm In 1800s was estimated to be 25,000 miles in diameter New pictures show Jupiter's red spot is smaller than it has ever been, measuring just under 10,250 miles in diameter Jupiter’s most distinctive feature – a giant red spot bigger …

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