Scientists Saw an 'Energetic Eruption' Under Jupiter's Clouds for the First Time

Scientists Saw an 'Energetic Eruption' Under Jupiter's Clouds for the First Time

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbmezn/scientists-saw-an-energetic-eruption-under-jupiters-clouds-for-the-first-time

In a first, scientists watched an energetic eruption on Jupiter by peering some 30 miles under the clouds that enshroud the planet. The observations “provide a crucial, hitherto missing, link” in theories about the hidden dynamics that shape Jupiter, according to a new study.

Jupiter’s mesmerizing storms and colorful ribbons of gas make it one of the most photogenic objects in space, in the visible light spectrum at least. But to gaze below its ammonia-ice clouds, scientists need to use radio wave observatories like Chile’s Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).