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The Shrinking Giant Red Spot of Jupiter

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-small dept.

schwit1 (797399) writes "Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling storm feature larger than Earth — is shrinking. This downsizing, which is changing the shape of the spot from an oval into a circle, has been known about since the 1930s, but now these striking new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images capture the spot at a smaller size than ever before."

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  1. Global warming by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Must be global warming...

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  2. Monolith! by gigne · · Score: 5, Funny

    all these planets are yours except europa

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    1. Re:Monolith! by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 5, Funny

      Uranus is mine!!!

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  3. Must be global cooling... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We all know it shrinks when it gets cold.

  4. Damn, I feel old. by B33rNinj4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pluto isn't a planet, and now this? It's a sad day indeed.