The Juno aircraft of the NASA entered the orbit of the Jupiter in 2016. Until today, the spacecraft has circled the planet 37 times and it successfully took pictures from underneath of its turbulent atmosphere covered with clouds.
For this mission, the space probe uses a series of special tools and now its recent findings depict us a much more complete picture of how atmospheric features of the Jupiter reveals normally invisible incidents under its clouds.
The microwave radiometer of Juno (MWR) allows investigators of the mission to observe and explore the structures of its numerous vortex storms.
One of the most famous of these is the iconic anticyclon known as the Great Red Spot. It is a vortex that is wider than the Earth and it is continuing to intrigue the scientists since it was first discovered almost two decades ago.
The new results also show that the cyclones are warmer in the upper part, along with lower atmospheric densities, and they are cooler in the lower part of the planet with higher densities.
According to the officials these storms happen actually much higher than it was initially thought. Some of them may reach up to 100 kilometers beneath the clouds and others like the Great Red Spot reach more than 350 kilometers.
The discovery also shows us that the vortexes cover regions where the water condenses and clouds are formed, including the areas lower than the depth where the solar light warms up the atmosphere.
"Being able to complement MWR's finding on the depth gives us great confidence that future gravity experiments at Jupiter will yield equally intriguing results", said Marzia Parisi, a Juno scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, regarding the recent discoveries.
