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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot shrinking before our eyes

By Seth Borenstein
Published May 15, 2014 7:48pm ET
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot shrinking before our eyes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jupiter’s Great Red Spot seems to be on a cosmic diet, shrinking rapidly before our eyes. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope calculate that the spot, a giant long-lasting storm, is narrowing by about 580 miles a year, much faster than before. In the late 1800s the red spot was an oval […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jupiter’s Great Red Spot seems to be on a cosmic diet, shrinking rapidly before our eyes.

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