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Contrary to recent reports, Jupiter's Great Red Spot is not in danger of disappearing

  • Written by Philip Marcus, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Measuring in at 10,159 miles (16,350 kilometers) in width (as of April 3, 2017) Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is 1.3 times as wide as Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Christopher Go

In the last 10 years, but in the last five months in particular, the press has reported dire warnings that the Great Red Spot of Jupiter is dying. However, some...

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