25 January 2008

Gigantic Storms on Jupiter Grow in a Single Day

As a giant planet, Jupiter takes everything to the extreme. Even the weather. A ferocious storm raging across the cloud tops has surprised scientists: it's churning up material that was deeper down in the planet's atmosphere. And there's evidence that the planet's jet streams are generated by its own heat, and not just from the [...]
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