Category: Planetary Science

The secrets of Jupiters Great Red Spot

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a colossal, high-pressure anticyclonic vortex wide enough to swallow Earth, powered by internal planetary heat and sustained by consuming smaller storms. While humanity has tracked this iconic crimson tempest for centuries,  The Anatomy and Scale of the BeastStaggering Depth: Microwave radiometer data from Juno reveal…