Juno what? Jupiter's Great Red Spot is much deeper than originally thought

Revelations that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is much deeper than believed and details on the planet's famous banded structures below its cloud layer were among the atmospheric insights collected by NASA's Juno probe and published in science journals today. Juno entered a polar orbit of Jupiter in 2016 and is the first mission …

[ClockworkOwl]

By Jove!

Clearly the Dweller regatta is only just getting into full swing!

Seriously though, you have to love the whole Juno program and there's so much to come...

[ibmalone]

Re: By Jove!

I'm told they think it's a bit too dry.

[Pascal Monett]

"how Jupiter's beautiful and violent atmosphere works – in 3D"

Can't wait to see the videos they're going to make of that !

[Chris Gray 1]

Stargates!

Given that the vortices now appear to be quite deep, do we really know that they aren't exactly like the ones that form in our bathtubs as they drain? Would a relatively small loss of atmosphere be noticeable? Has anyone tracked Jupiter's mass over time? Do we really know that there aren't a bunch of locked-open stargates down there?

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been fascinated by Jupiter ever since 2001: A Space Odyssey. I'm sure many others have been, too. Learning details like this are fascinating, and I think I'll be searching NASA's site this weekend for more detailed information.

[Paul Hovnanian]

That's the location of the Jovian Parliment

You can see their politicians circling the drain from here.

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Pole cyclones: Maybe groups of 13 or 21 when hotter?