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Hubble space telescope images of planets11/11/2023 For 30 years, the bus-sized telescope has been orbiting the Earth as one of humanity’s most important windows to the universe. ![]() When you think of the universe, what do you imagine? Chances are the colorful pictures of galaxies and star clusters that come into view are from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. ![]() Recently, the storm had been shrinking at a faster-than-usual rate, but the latest change is consistent with the long-term trend. The long axis of this characteristic storm is about 150 miles (240 kilometers) shorter now than it was in 2014. In addition, the new images confirm that the Great Red Spot continues to shrink and become more circular, as it has been doing for years. Already, the images have revealed a rare wave just north of the planet’s equator and a unique filament-like feature in the core of the Great Red Spot that had not been seen previously. The two maps represent nearly back-to-back rotations of the planet, making it possible to determine the speeds of Jupiter’s winds. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of California at Berkeley produced two global maps of Jupiter from the observations, which were made using Hubble’s high-performance Wide Field Camera 3. These annual studies will help current and future scientists see how these giant worlds change over time. The observations are designed to capture a broad range of features, including winds, clouds, storms and atmospheric chemistry. They are the first products to come from a program to study the solar system’s outer planets – Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and, later, Saturn – each year using Hubble. These new maps and spinning globes of Jupiter were made from observations performed with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Watch this video on the NASA Explorer YouTube channel. ![]() Hubble’s new Jupiter maps were used to create this Ultra HD animation. New imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter.
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