🆕 Scientists have found intricate features above Jupiter’s famous Great Red Spot!
🔴 Jupiter is known for vibrant displays of northern and southern lights at its polar regions – but the region closer to its equator, which contains the Great Red Spot, was thought to be dull in comparison.
🔴 Thanks to the infrared sensitivity of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, however, scientists were able to study the region above the Great Red Spot – and found it to be anything but dull!
🔴 They saw intricate structures, including dark arcs and bright spots. They suspect an unknown wave-like mechanism is altering the shape and structure of the upper atmosphere – follow-up observations with Webb could reveal more.
🔴 These findings may also support ESA’s Juice 🛰️ which will observe Jupiter and its three large ocean-bearing moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
Read more about it here: https://ow.ly/1Whc50SoRWQ
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📷 ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, Jupiter ERS Team, J. Schmidt, H. Melin, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)
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