Hubble Video Reveals Mystery Object In Jupiter’s Red Spot
The orbiting telescope begins a new mission, producing stunning weather maps of planets in the outer solar system.
The Hubble Space Telescope has been enlisted as a cosmic weather satellite, providing NASA with unprecedented details about the turbulent storms encompassing Jupiter.
Using a series of highly detailed snapshots from the orbiting observatory’s Wide Field Camera, scientists have generated two enormous global maps of the rotating gas giant over a 10-hour period.
“Every time we look at Jupiter, we get tantalizing hints that something really exciting is going on,” said Amy Simon, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland said in a press statement. “This time is no exception.”
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot—a hurricane at least twice the size of Earth—never fails to excite observers. The cosmic cyclone appears to be taking on a more
