Discoveries Deep Beneath The Clouds of Jupiter
Close your eyes and drift far beneath Jupiter's colorful cloud bands, where a hidden world of storms and secrets awaits. A gentle journey into the discoveries made by NASA's Juno spacecraft. Jupiter's core is not a solid sphere but a 'dilute' core of heavy elements mixed with hydrogen. The Great Red Spot extends 300 to 500 kilometers deep into the atmosphere. At the poles, Juno discovered massive cyclones, each the size of Earth, clustered around the north and south poles. The planet's water abundance is enriched by roughly three times the solar abundance at the equator. Let these quiet…
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