Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a swirling storm so big that it could swallow Earth READ MORE: True age of Jupiter's Great Red Spot REVEALED It's a swirling mass of crimson clouds, more than 8,000 ...

Jupiter’s signature feature — its Great Red Spot — might not be the same dark spot seen on the giant planet more than three centuries ago. From 1665 to 1713, astronomer Giovanni Domenico ...

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The Red Spot on Jupiter is a massive, persistent high-pressure storm system, located in the planet’s southern hemisphere. It measures over 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) in width, which makes ...

we've always thought that the original "Permanent Spot" might be the Great Red Spot — a massive storm on Jupiter's surface — we know and love today. Well, we were wrong. A new study of the ...

Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot has persisted for at least 190 years and is likely a different spot from the one observed by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1665, a new study reports.

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A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

In a solar system full of wonders, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot still stands out. This lushly red oval is obvious even through small telescopes, looking like a baleful eye staring out from the ...

In the 1660s, Italian astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini discovered something while looking at the planet Jupiter: a massive spot now known as the planet’s signature. Known as the Great Red Spot ...

Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has swirled within the atmosphere of the largest planet in the solar system for years. But astronomers have debated just how old the ...