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Mystery Spot on Jupiter Baffles Astronomers

Posted by Hemos on from the the-black-big-red-spot dept.

seanmeister writes "From Space.com: "Astronomers have spotted a strange, obvious and inexplicable black spot near the equator of Jupiter. A picture of the object is circling this planet electronically as researchers scratch their heads about what they've found. A second image, taken on another day by a different photographer, contains a similar looking spot. As of early today, the second image had deepened the mystery. Some astronomers were at first puzzled over whether the two photos show the same thing or not. As it turns out, they do not." I, for one, welcome our new monolith overlords!"

2 of 64 comments (clear)

  1. Simple answer. by Xenex · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Monoliths. Lots of monoliths.

    I can't wait for Lucifer!

  2. Mystery Spot? by mizidymizark · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Don't let Ozzie Smith hear about this, he will end up missing Burn's game visiting it!