Jupiter's clouds have kept the Great Red Spot going for about 350 years, but the storm has shrunk by 50% since the 1800s and may vanish in your lifetime. ... Hurricane John in 1994, ...

Humanity will get its closest look ever next week at Jupiter's famed Giant Red Spot, a ferocious, 10,000-mile wide storm whipped by 300 mph winds. On Monday, NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly ...

Hurricane speeds on Earth max out at about 190 miles per hour, compared to 400 miles per hour on Jupiter. Unlike Earth hurricanes, the Great Red Spot appears like a wedding cake from the side ...

Jupiter is the largest known planet in our solar system, but even that isn’t the gas giant’s most discernible feature – that title belongs to the Great Red Spot, a powerful storm that has been raging ...

Jupiter's Great Red Spot -- a massive storm larger than Earth that resembles a hurricane -- has shrunk to its smallest size ever measured, according to NASA. In the late 1800s the red spot was an ...

Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling anticyclonic storm feature larger than Earth — has shrunken to the smallest size ever measured. Astronomers have followed this downsizing since ...

New Images Of Jupiter's Red Spots Date: August 3, 2006 Source: University Of California, Berkeley Summary: ... Some people think the hurricane-like winds in the Great Red Spot, ...

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is filled with plenty of mysteries. ... Compare that to hurricanes on Earth, where destructive storms like Hurricane Maria have maxed out at 175 mph.

Taken together, both studies confirm the Great Red Spot is roughly shaped like a pancake, visible above the cloud tops, but not reaching deep into Jupiter’s interior. The planet itself has a ...

I'd be cautious calling the Great Red Spot permanent. It is certainly long-lived, having been observed by astronomers for 348 years now. Recent observations show it to be smaller than it has been.

Jupiter's third red spot (far left) took a beating when it tried to pass between the Great Red Spot (right) and Red Spot Junior (lower left) Three spots are still seen clustered near each other on ...

Jupiter's clouds have kept the Great Red Spot going for about 350 years, but the storm has shrunk by 50% since the 1800s and may vanish in your lifetime. Menu icon A vertical stack of three evenly ...