![Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shrinking. Its winds are also speeding up.](https://twistmunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sunlight-Produces-the-Color-of-Jupiters-Great-Red-Spot.jpg)
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shrinking. Its winds are also speeding up.
The Jupiter storm is larger than planet Earth, and astronomers have been observing it regularly for more than 150 years — with occasional other observations as early as the 1600s — providing evidence of change over a relatively long time. The storm speeds are incredible compared to what we see on Earth, but at Jupiter…