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An Amateur Astronomer Figured Out That Jupiter's Clouds Are Not Made Of Ammonia Ice
The planet Jupiter never fails to impress with its swirling cloud bands and massive storms like the well-known Great Red Spot. Now, new research from a team of citizen scientists working in ...
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'Cosmic tornado' swirls in breathtaking new James Webb Space Telescope image
HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's ...
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Strange swirling-like lights cause panic in Russia and Ukraine
ALBAWABA - Strange swirling-like lights were spotted in the skies over multiple towns and cities in both Ukraine and Russia ...
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An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter — and found something strange
Scientists and amateur astronomers have teamed up to upend a long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are made of frozen ammonia — a pretty foundational revelation about the ...
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NASA captures Jupiter’s south pole as you’ve never seen it before
We’ve seen the planet’s swirling cloud tops and its iconic Great Red Spot more times than we can count, but the planet’s south pole doesn’t get nearly the same amount of attention.
Thunderstorm brings funnel clouds, tornado warnings to Central California
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Funnel clouds were spotted in Merced County on Monday as a storm moved through Central ...
Satellites Capture the Hidden Forces Shaping the Sky Over Remote Volcanoes
Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...
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Planet Jupiter
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is a vast and stormy world. Its atmosphere, primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, is crossed with swirling clouds of ammonia that give the ...