Atmosphere over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot surprisingly active

View larger. | Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in near-infrared light from Webb, using its NIRCam instrument. ESA released the image on June 25, 2024. Image via ESA/ Webb/ NASA/ CSA, Jupiter ERS Team/ J. Schmidt/ H. Melin/ M. Zamani (ESA/ Webb).

• The atmosphere above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is active and dynamic. That’s according to astronomers who observed it with the James Webb Space Telescope, who expected it to be calmer.
• Webb found a surprising amount of activity, including...