The Red Spot is the largest known storm in the solar system, taking up one-sixth the diameter of Jupiter itself. It’s so big that it could swallow Earth into its swirling oval of clouds ...

Jupiter’s GRS has been at a southern latitude, trapped between the jet streams, for as long as Earth-bound telescopes have been observing it. [Related: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot keeps shrinking.] ...

The venerable Hubble Space Telescope has watched Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) oscillating, as though it were being squeezed in and out roughly every 90 days. Why this huge anticyclone, which has ...

The Great Red Spot, which rotates counterclockwise, has been continuously observed for the last 150 years. It probably hasn’t always been present on Jupiter, at least not in its current form ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in 2023 and 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, J.

Jupiter's Giant Red Spot (GRS) is large enough to swallow the entire Earth — and as new imagery from Hubble suggests, it's a lot weirder than previously thought. Between December 2023 and March ...

Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot, a storm larger than Earth, has fascinated astronomers for over 150 years. But thanks to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, we’re now seeing this legendary storm ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot —a rotating storm that is so large it could swallow Earth—isn’t what it used to be. Research has revealed that the crimson-hued spot visible today is, on average ...

The gas giant will be one of the brightest objects in the night sky during that time period. Peering through a telescope, you'll be able to see the planet's Great Red Spot, cloud bands and ...

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is, admittedly, currently smaller than it appears here. Upon last assessment, it measured a little over 10,000-miles across.

Eight snapshots of the Great Red Spot taken by the Hubble Space Telescope between Dec. 10, 2023 and March 8, 2024. Look carefully and you can see its width changing.