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Jupiter's great red spot is shrinking

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 19, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (19) | comments 6

The best map of wind speeds on Jupiter ever produced proves that the massive weather system known as the Great Red Spot has shrunken over the past dozen years.


Three Red Spots Mix it Up on Jupiter

Three Red Spots Mix it Up on Jupiter

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created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images offers an unprecedented view of a planetary game of Pac-Man among three red spots clustered together in Jupiter's atmosphere.





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Astronomers marvel at 'Red Spot Jr'

Astronomers marvel at 'Red Spot Jr'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 05, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (25) | comments 0

Astronomers say NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving them their most detailed view yet of a second red spot emerging on Jupiter.


Spot discovered on dwarf planet Haumea shows up red and rich with organics

Spot discovered on dwarf planet Haumea shows up red and rich with organics

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 2

A dark red area discovered on dwarf planet Haumea appears to be richer in minerals and organic compounds than the surrounding icy surface. The discovery will be presented at the European Planetary Science ...


Jupiter's two red spots

Huge Storms Converge

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created Jun 06, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 0

The two biggest storms in the solar system are about to go bump in the night, in plain view of backyard telescopes.


Storn winds blow in Jupiter's Little Red Spot

Storn winds blow in Jupiter's Little Red Spot

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created May 21, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Using data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and two telescopes on or near Earth, an international team of scientists has found that one of the solar system’s largest and newest storms – Jupiter’s Little ...


Jupiter's Little Red Spot Growing Stronger

Jupiter's Little Red Spot Growing Stronger

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created Oct 10, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (38) | comments 0

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.


Gemini Captures Close Encounter of Jupiter's Red Spots

Gemini Captures Close Encounter of Jupiter's Red Spots

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created Jul 25, 2006 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0

A high-resolution image just released by the Gemini Observatory shows two giant red spots brushing past one another in Jupiter's southern hemisphere.


Fla. boaters urged to look out for missing robot

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished.


Scientist Makes Image, Movie of a Jupiter Moon Setting

Scientists Make Image, Movie of a Jupiter Moon Setting

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, is seen just before it slips behind its giant planet in a new color image and a movie made by a University of Arizona scientist from images taken by NASA's ...


Nanosize Rods Light Up Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 18, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Quantum dots have shown promise as ultrabright contrast agents for use in a variety of cancer imaging studies. Now, a team of investigators at the Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer ...


Red-eyed Treefrog Embryos, Showing Their Bright Red External Gills

Red-eyed treefrog embryos actively avoid asphyxiation inside their eggs

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created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Boston University undergraduate Jessica Rogge and associate professor Karen Warkentin, working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's laboratories in Gamboa, Panama, discovered that frog embryos ...



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