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Jupiter’s signature feature — its Great Red Spot — might not be the same dark spot seen on the giant planet more than three centuries ago. From 1665 to 1713, astronomer Giovanni Domenico ...

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is the largest storm in the solar system and has been raging for hundreds of years. We explore the phenomenon in more detail here.

The first global map of the gas giant Jupiter, with its famed Great Red Spot towards the bottom left. It was created with images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2015.

Jupiter’s striking Great Red Spot has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, they think they know just how old it is and how the cyclone formed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

[Related: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot keeps shrinking.] The team has been watching the GRS continue to shrink since the OPAL program began 10 years ago.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a massive atmospheric vortex, with a diameter approximately that of Earth's. At its outer periphery, winds whip by at 450 kilometers per hour (280 miles per hour).

Researchers studying the origin of Jupiter's Great Red Spot suspect it's not the same storm observed by Cassini in 1665. Instead, this Great Red Spot likely formed at least 190 years ago.

Jupiter’s striking Great Red Spot has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, they think they know just how old it is and how the cyclone formed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

Jupiter’s striking Great Red Spot has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, they think they know just how old it is and how the cyclone formed in Jupiter’s atmosphere.