Scientists have discovered Earth-sized dark UV spots at Jupiter's poles, likely caused by magnetically driven vortices ...

In an exciting new discovery, scientists have identified that magnetic tornadoes on Jupiter are creating massive storms the ...

While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, a team of astronomers have discovered ...

Researchers have discovered and are observing dark shapes appearing on the surface of Jupiter, with each of these 'dark ovals ...

New research reveals that Jupiter’s magnetic tornadoes generate massive Earth-sized storms, visible only in ultraviolet light ...

Magnetic Tornadoes Researchers have observed mysterious, "dark ovals," each roughly the size of the Earth, dotting the polar ...

The dark UV ovals were first spotted by NASA’s Hubble spacecraft in the late 1990s, but have only recently been studied in ...

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The dark UV ovals were first detected by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope during the late 1990s at the north and south poles.

Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar ...

On Jupiter, the auroral lights are detectable ... vortices that swirl down deep into Jupiter's stratosphere. These magnetic tornadoes would then stir up aerosols in the lower atmosphere, creating ...

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