Thursday, March 15, 2018

First look at Jupiter's poles show strange geometric arrays of storms

03/15/2018 09:23 AM EDT

eight massive storms form an octagon around a storm at the center of Jupiter's north pole

With NASA's Juno spacecraft, scientists have gotten a good look at the top and bottom of the planet for the first time. What they found astounded them: bizarre geometric arrangements of storms, each arrayed around one cyclone over the north and south poles -- unlike any storm formation seen in the universe.


Full story at https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2018/03/07/first-look-jupiters-poles-show-strange-geometric-arrays-storms

Source
University of Chicago


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