The Red Spot on Jupiter is a massive ... is “highly unlikely” to be the same one we’re observing today. The discovery of the Great Red Spot is often credited to British polymath Robert ...

In 1665, Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini observed a giant dark spot on Jupiter ... Great Red Spot suggests it most likely is a newer, younger storm. After the "Permanent Spot" was first ...

In the 1660s, Italian astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini discovered something while looking at the planet Jupiter: a massive spot now known as the planet’s signature. Known as the Great Red Spot ...

Centuries ago, a huge red spot on Jupiter vanished ... SEE ALSO: NASA scientist viewed first Voyager images. What he saw gave him chills. Then, in 1831, astronomers started seeing a conspicuous ...

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

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CREDIT: NASA/ESA/Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC)/Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Jupiter’s Great Red ... spot visible today is, on average, larger than the one Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini espied for the ...