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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Jupiter's "Jet Stream" Heated by Surface, Not Sun


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A visible-light image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows turbulent patterns caused by storms in Jupiter's upper atmosphere.

A new study suggests that the violent jets that help trigger such storms form deep beneath the clouds, near the planet's surface.

Image courtesy NASA-ESA and GCP-UPV/EHU