Great Dark Spot - Wikipedia
WEBAround the edges of the storm, winds were measured at up to 2,100 kilometers per hour (1,300 mph), the fastest recorded in the Solar System. The Great Dark Spot is thought to be a hole in the methane cloud deck of Neptune. The spot was observed at different times with different sizes and shapes.
Hubble Tracks the Lifecycle of Giant Storms on Neptune - NASA
WEBMar 25, 2019 · As the craft zoomed by, it snapped pictures of two giant storms brewing in Neptune’s southern hemisphere. Scientists dubbed the storms “The Great Dark Spot” and “Dark Spot 2.” Just five years later, in 1994, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope took sharp images of Neptune from Earth’s distance of 2.7 billion miles (4.3 billion kilometers).
Dark Storm on Neptune Reverses Direction, Possibly Shedding a ... - NASA
WEBDec 15, 2020 · Contact. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope watched a mysterious dark vortex on Neptune abruptly steer away from a likely death on the giant blue planet. The storm, which is wider than the Atlantic Ocean, was born in the planet’s northern hemisphere and discovered by Hubble in 2018.
Mysterious dark spot detected on Neptune | CNN
WEBAug 25, 2023 · CNN — Astronomers have spotted a large and mysterious dark spot within Neptune’s atmosphere, and it has an unexpectedly bright companion. The observation was made using the European Southern...
A dark storm on Neptune has reversed direction and scientists …
WEBDec 23, 2020 · A dark storm on Neptune abruptly switched directions and started moving away from almost certain death, puzzling astronomers. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope first spotted the vortex in 2018. A...
Dark storm on Neptune changes direction, escapes deadly fate …
WEBDecember 29, 2020. The large dark spot (top center) and its smaller companion (top right) on Neptune as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2020. The large dark spot – discovered in 2018 –...
Hubble Sees Neptune’s Mysterious Shrinking Storm - Science@NASA
WEBFeb 15, 2018 · Three billion miles away on the farthest known major planet in our solar system, an ominous, dark storm – once big enough to stretch across the Atlantic Ocean from Boston to Portugal – is shrinking out of existence as seen in pictures of Neptune taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Hubble reveals birth of giant storm on Neptune - Nature
WEB29 March 2019. Hubble reveals birth of giant storm on Neptune. Vortex extends deep into the atmosphere of the blue planet. A dark spot on Neptune is a new storm capped by methane clouds...
Neptune Dark Spot | HubbleSite
WEBDec 15, 2020 · Hubble uncovered the giant storm in September 2018 in Neptune's northern hemisphere. The feature is roughly 4,600 miles across. The estimated width of the smaller spot is 3,900 miles. The large storm is the fourth transient dark spot Hubble has observed since 1993.
What is the Great Dark Spot? | Cool Cosmos
WEBThe Great Dark Spot was a huge spinning storm in the southern atmosphere of Neptune which was about the size of the entire Earth. Winds in this storm were measured at speeds of up to 1,500 miles per hour. These were the strongest winds ever recorded on any planet in the solar system!
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