The first global map of the gas giant Jupiter, with its famed Great Red Spot towards the bottom left. It was created with images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2015.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is the largest storm in the solar system and has been raging for hundreds of years. We explore the phenomenon in more detail here.

Jupiter’s signature feature — its Great Red Spot — might not be the same dark spot seen on the giant planet more than three centuries ago. From 1665 to 1713, astronomer Giovanni Domenico ...

Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot (GRS), a huge storm that has raged for nearly two centuries, is slowly disappearing. New research suggests that this colossal vortex, swirling at speeds up to 450 ...

[Related: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot keeps shrinking.] The team has been watching the GRS continue to shrink since the OPAL program began 10 years ago.

Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot has persisted for at least 190 years and is likely a different spot from the one observed by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1665, a new study reports.

Astronomers used the Hubble space telescope to look at Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) from December 2023 to March 2024, and they observed the massive storm changing dimensions over the 90-day ...

Jupiter’s striking Great Red Spot has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, they think they know just how old it is and how the cyclone formed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

But the Great Red Spot on the surface of Jupiter is shrinking – and scientists finally may know why.. According to the experts, the spot has long managed to keep its vast size by engulfing ...

Jupiter’s striking Great Red Spot has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, they think they know just how old it is and how the cyclone formed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

The Great Red Spot is a gargantuan, high-pressure vortex called an anticyclonic storm that has been raging in Jupiter's southern hemisphere for at least 350 years.

Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has swirled within the atmosphere of the largest planet in the solar system for years. But astronomers have debated just how old the vortex ...