121K views · 602 reactions | There's a storm on Jupiter big enough to engulf the Earth with room to spare, and its behaviour is surprising and fascinating ️ | Royal Institution of Great Britain | Facebook

What Jupiter’s spot is not, is tranquil. New infrared images taken by Boston University scientists on a NASA telescope in Hawaii show that whereas Jupiter’s north and south poles are heated by strong magnetic fields, its large, stormy red spot generates its own heat by a different mechanism. Shock waves from turbulent winds in the spot and other storms help explain how the planet's upper atmosphere stays warm so far from the sun. Produced with support from Explore Scientific (explorescientificus