NASA Hubble observations from late 2023 to early 2024 document measurable size, shape, and motion changes in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot over one oscillation cycle.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is one of the most recognizable features of our solar system; it's famously larger than Earth itself serves as an identifying mark on the largest of our gas giants. Consisting ...

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For three months, the Hubble Space Telescope stared at the famous blemish on Jupiter. What the veteran spacecraft found surprised NASA scientists. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) is “jiggling like a ...

A series of images show the repeated flaking of red clouds inside Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, starting most dominantly on the east side of the red vortex and later breaking off entirely. (Courtesy of ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — the biggest windstorm in the solar system — is shrinking, and a new study may help explain why. Located in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere, the Great Red Spot is a swirling, ...

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In 1665, astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observed a massive storm raging on Jupiter. It became known as the Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds that’s almost twice as wide as Earth. New ...