Jupiter’s Earth-Sized Storms Might Be Caused by Magnetic Tornadoes, Study Claims

https://ift.tt/KFpg0n8 Magnetic tornadoes twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere create massive, Earth-sized anticyclonic storms in the planet's atmosphere. These dark ovals, detectable only in ultraviolet light, form dense hazes of aerosols stirred by swirling magnetic vortices. This phenomenon, visible at Jupiter's poles, was unveiled through data from the Hubble Space Telescope's OPAL p...