{"id":292678,"date":"2024-12-06T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=344956"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:39:35","slug":"strange-things-are-happening-on-jupiter-and-scientists-believe-they-have-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/strange-things-are-happening-on-jupiter-and-scientists-believe-they-have-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange things are happening on Jupiter, and scientists believe they have the answer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Researchers have observed mysterious dark ovals<\/a>, each approximately the size of Earth, appearing in Jupiter’s polar regions in the ultraviolet spectrum. Yes, remember that Jupiter is much larger than our small planet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The gas giant, whose Great Red Spot has been baffling astronomers for centuries, has an extremely powerful magnetic field that, according to scientists, could be behind this strange phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As detailed in a new article<\/a> published in the journal Nature Astronomy, a group of scientists supported by NASA concluded that disturbances high in the planet’s atmosphere can cause the appearance of these dark spots<\/strong> in ultraviolet observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What's that black spot on Jupiter? No one is sure. During one pass of NASA's Juno over Jupiter, the robotic spacecraft imaged an usually dark cloud feature informally dubbed the Abyss. Surrounding cloud patterns show the Abyss to be at the center of a vortex. Since dark features\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Becef4TiSQ<\/a><\/p>— Astronomy Picture Of the Day (@apod) November 4, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>