Jupiter's Little Red Spot Growing Stronger

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These are two views of Jupiters Little Red Spot taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in April 2006. The left image is a close-up view. In the right image a box has been added to show the Little Red Spots location on Jupiter. The larger Great Red Spo ...
These are two views of Jupiter's Little Red Spot taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in April 2006. The left image is a close-up view. In the right image, a box has been added to show the Little Red Spot's location on Jupiter. The larger Great Red Spot, which has been observed for the past 400 years, can be seen to the right. Credit: NASA / ESA / Amy Simon-Miller

The highest wind speeds in Jupiter's Little Red Spot have increased and are now equal to those in its older and larger sibling, the Great Red Spot, according to observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.


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