Great Dark Spot - Wikipedia
WEBThe Great Dark Spot (also known as GDS-89, for Great Dark Spot, 1989) was one of a series of dark spots on Neptune similar in appearance to Jupiter's Great Red Spot. In 1989, GDS-89 was the first Great Dark Spot on Neptune to be observed by NASA 's Voyager 2 space probe.
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...
Mystery of Neptune dark spot solved. New white spot found
WEBAug 25, 2023 · Scientists at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) said today (August 24, 2023), that they’ve learned more about a mysterious dark spot on Neptune, the 8th planet from the sun in our solar...
Hubble Tracks the Lifecycle of Giant Storms on Neptune - NASA
WEBMar 25, 2019 · 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).
Neptune Great Dark Spot in High Resolution - NASA Jet …
WEBAug 30, 1999 · Neptune Great Dark Spot in High Resolution. This photograph shows the last face on view of the Great Dark Spot that Voyager will make with the narrow angle camera. The image was shuttered 45 hours before closest approach at a distance of 2.8 million kilometers (1.7 million miles).
Mysterious Neptune dark spot detected from Earth for the first time
WEBAug 24, 2023 · Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a dark spot on the planet has ever been observed with a …
What's going on with Neptune? - Popular Science
WEBAug 24, 2023 · With its vanishing clouds and now a large dark spot, the planet Neptune appears to be going through some things. Here’s a bit about why the eighth planet in our …
Neptune Dark Spot - HubbleSite
WEBDec 15, 2020 · Hubble Uncovers a Pair of Dark Vortices on Neptune. This Hubble Space Telescope snapshot of the dynamic blue-green planet Neptune reveals a monstrous dark storm [top center] and the emergence of a smaller dark spot nearby [top right].
Neptune Facts - Science@NASA
WEBNeptune is one of two ice giants in the outer solar system (the other is Uranus). Most (80% or more) of the planet's mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of "icy" materials – water, methane, and ammonia – above a small, rocky core. Of …
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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