{"id":135694,"date":"2024-12-11T05:15:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T22:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135694"},"modified":"2024-12-11T05:15:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T22:15:07","slug":"new-thunderstorms-wider-than-earth-are-spewing-out-green-lightning-on-jupiter-and-could-make-one-of-the-gas-giants-massive-bands-disappear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135694","title":{"rendered":"New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter \u2014 and could make one of the gas giant&#8217;s massive bands disappear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"article-body\">\n<p>New photos have revealed a pair of gigantic white thunderstorms raging in one of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/planets\/jupiter\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/planets\/jupiter\"><u>Jupiter<\/u><\/a>&#8216;s large reddish brown belts. The swirling storms, which are likely spewing giant green lightning bolts through the gas giant&#8217;s cloudy atmosphere, could end up diluting the belt&#8217;s rusty color, drastically changing the planet&#8217;s appearance, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>Astrophotographer <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/55051537@N00\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/55051537@N00\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Michael Karrer<\/u><\/a> captured the stunning new images on Nov. 30 using an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/celestron-nexstar-8se-computerized-telescope-review\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/celestron-nexstar-8se-computerized-telescope-review\"><u>8-inch Celestron telescope<\/u><\/a> from near his home in Austria. The photos show two large white patches sitting side by side in the gas giant&#8217;s Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) \u2014 an enormous dark band of clouds that spins around Jupiter as it rotates.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;These [white patches] are giant thunderstorms,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/scientific-contributions\/John-H-Rogers-2070322892\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/scientific-contributions\/John-H-Rogers-2070322892\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>John Rogers<\/u><\/a>, an astronomer at the British Astronomical Association who specializes in Jupiter, told <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceweather.com\/archive.php?view=1&amp;day=03&amp;month=12&amp;year=2024\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.spaceweather.com\/archive.php?view=1&amp;day=03&amp;month=12&amp;year=2024\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Spaceweather.com<\/u><\/a>. &#8220;The last time we saw storms like this [on Jupiter] was 8 years ago in 2016-17.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The storms likely extend around 60 miles (100 kilometers) below Jupiter&#8217;s swirling surface and, although their exact widths have not been calculated yet, both storms &#8220;are wide enough to swallow Earth with room to spare,&#8221; according to Spaceweather.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/craziest-weather-in-space.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/craziest-weather-in-space.html\"><u><strong>7 solar system worlds where the weather is crazy<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1600px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A close-up of a massive swirling storm on Jupiter with a green flash from a lightning bolt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/S6J2aeuAQS4DRGtuh5EKX.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Researchers have already shown that Jovian lightning appears as bright flashes of green. This image was taken by NASA&#8217;s Juno spacecraft on Dec. 30, 2020. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/SwRI\/MSSS Image processing by Kevin M. Gill)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The storms are not large enough to stay intact for long periods, like Jupiter&#8217;s famous <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/jupiter\/is-jupiters-great-red-spot-an-impostor-giant-storm-may-not-be-the-original-one-discovered-350-years-ago\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/jupiter\/is-jupiters-great-red-spot-an-impostor-giant-storm-may-not-be-the-original-one-discovered-350-years-ago\"><u>Great Red Spot<\/u><\/a>, and will instead get pulled apart, Rogers explained. As this happens, the thunderstorm\u2019s ghostly hues will mix in with the rest of the SEB\u2019s rusty clouds, &#8220;causing the familiar brown belt to fade as its color is diluted by the white storm front,&#8221; Spaceweather.com reported. If you look closely at the image, you can already see this starting to happen as several thin streams of white trail behind the thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>This color-changing has happened before. In fact, the SEB had previously become so diluted by storms that it &#8220;disappeared&#8221; between 1973 and 1991, and briefly in 2010, according to<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/science\/jupiter-loses-its-south-equatorial-belt\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/science\/jupiter-loses-its-south-equatorial-belt\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u> Astronomy Magazine<\/u><\/a>. However, it&#8217;s too soon to say whether these new storms will erase the current rust-colored belt.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-XcpNajFF9kEuzUpmPXyTBk\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-XcpNajFF9kEuzUpmPXyTBk slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the world\u2019s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thunderstorms on Jupiter are powered by convection, or churning, within clouds <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/jupiter-lightning-similar-earth-nasa-juno-spacecraft\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/jupiter-lightning-similar-earth-nasa-juno-spacecraft\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>similarly to their terrestrial counterparts<\/u><\/a>, and also produce lightning. However, unlike Earth&#8217;s lightning, which often has a blue hue caused by water vapor, Jovian lightning bolts tend to be green, thanks to atmospheric ammonia, according to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasas-juno-mission-captures-lightning-on-jupiter\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasas-juno-mission-captures-lightning-on-jupiter\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>NASA<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jupiter has just passed its closest point to Earth, known as &#8220;opposition,&#8221; making it bright enough to clearly see with the naked eye and a great target for backyard astronomers and photographers like Karrer. The planet reached its closest point to us on Friday (Dec. 6) when Earth is directly between the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/solar-system\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/solar-system\"><u>solar system<\/u><\/a>&#8216;s largest world and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/the-sun\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/the-sun\"><u>the sun<\/u><\/a>, but will remain clearly visible for the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a decent <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/best-telescopes\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/best-telescopes\"><u>backyard telescope<\/u><\/a> or a pair of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/best-binoculars\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/best-binoculars\"><u>stargazing binoculars<\/u><\/a> then you can get a good look at Jupiter for yourself by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theskylive.com\/jupiter-info\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/theskylive.com\/jupiter-info\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>searching for it<\/u><\/a> in the Taurus constellation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/planets\/new-thunderstorms-wider-than-earth-are-spewing-out-green-lightning-on-jupiter-and-could-make-one-of-the-gas-giants-massive-bands-disappear\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New photos have revealed a pair of gigantic white thunderstorms raging in one of Jupiter&#8216;s large reddish brown belts. 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