The largest storm in our solar system is moving unexpectedly, scientists say
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New observations of Jupiter's Great Red Spot captured by the Hubble Space Telescope show the 190-year-old storm wobbling like gelatin and changing shape like a squeezed stress ball.
Astronomers say the unexpected observations, which Hubble made over 90 days from December to March, show that the Great Red Spot is not as stable as it seems.
The Great Red Spot, or GRS, is an anticyclone, or large circulation of winds in Jupiter's atmosphere, orbiting a central region of high pressure ...