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The long and wind-ing road⁣ 🎶 ⁣ Twice as wide as Earth, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has captivated viewers for centuries–and with no solid surface to slow storms down, astronomers can only speculate how long the massive storm has been raging. An analysis of the Great Red Spot using NASAHubble shows that the winds within the storm are increasing in speed to around 400 mph (640 kph) while also shrinking in size.⁣ ⁣ This image of the Great Red Spot, captured by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, shows the storm as it rotates counterclockwise between two cloud bands in the gas giant’s turbulent atmosphere, extending miles above the clouds. The colorful bands, created by ammonia ice clouds of varying thicknesses and heights, flow in opposite directions at different latitudes.⁣ ⁣ Image description: Storms churn Jupiter’s atmosphere in swirling clouds of white, tan, blue, and gray, appearing in bands that streak across the gas giant. In the upper left portion of the image, the Great Red Spot is a red-or...

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