There’s Something Fascinating Hiding Under Jupiter’s Clouds, Scientists Find
Victor Tangermann
created: Feb. 2, 2026, 4 p.m. | updated: Feb. 12, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
The enormous storms of impenetrable clouds covering Jupiter’s surface make it nearly impossible for us to get a glimpse of what lies below.
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, for instance, went dark almost immediately when it intentionally plunged into Jupiter’s atmosphere back in 2003.
Now, using data from NASA’s Juno and Galileo missions, a team of scientists at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Chicago have created a highly detailed computational model of Jupiter’s atmosphere.
So, it’s important to bring them together.”Their model suggests that gases move far more slowly through Jupiter’s atmosphere than previously thought.
The angry gas giant of swirling gases continues to baffle even top scientists.
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