Jupiter's Great Red Spot, which could swallow Earth, is changing colour, jiggling

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Using Hubble's high-resolution imaging capabilities, astronomers created a time-lapse movie revealing the GRS's squiggly motion and size fluctuations...

Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled unexpected dynamics in Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot (GRS), challenging long-held assumptions about the stability of this massive storm...

New observations conducted over 90 days from December 2023 to March 2024 show the GRS "jiggling like a bowl of gelatin," according to researchers...

The study, led by Amy Simon of Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center and published in The Planetary Science Journal, provides unprecedented insights into the behaviour of the largest known storm in our solar system.. ..

Ultraviolet observations showed that the storm's core becomes brightest when the GRS reaches its maximum size during its oscillation cycle, indicating reduced haze absorption in the upper atmosphere...