NASA Fascinated About New Dark Storm Found on Neptune
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The science community is always dazzled with sheer excitement when they discover something new. This has been the case since the beginning of time. Recent space adventures and expeditions have rattled scientific minds. Such a case was seen again when NASA’s Hubble Telescope discovered a mysterious dark storm in Neptune’s northern region. Additionally, the Hubble Telescope shed some light indicating a storm near Uranus’s north pole.
NASA claims that this phenomenon could primarily be the cause of change in seasons and temperatures on the planets. The planets far off from the sun experience climate change differently. That is why their seasons span several decades rather than the usual months on Earth.
The mysterious vortex on Neptune is fourth in the series since the one discovered in 1993. It is attributed to the change in temperature and a southern summer forming on the planet. The second and third storms were found by the Voyager 2 as it flew by in 1989. The pictures that the spacecraft sent showed giant lightning storms and a mist that covered the southern side of the planet.
The Hubble is the only telescope that has had the sensitivity to view such phenomenon since then. The usual telescopes on Earth do not possess the ability to view blue light and view these features. One of the latest storms discovered by the Hubble was 6800 miles long. It was discovered in September and rattled scientists with its sheer intensity at the northern hemisphere of the planet.
The direction of the storms is anti-cyclonic, and the objects present in the storms seem to be ones dug up from beneath the giant mists. Whether the ice giant’s materials are valuable or not is still unknown. Strong winds carry giant chunks of ice and other materials at speeds reaching 1500 miles per hour. The Hubble also showed that prior to the vortex appearing, there was increased cloud activity similar to Earth that gave way to the storm.
The images also indicated that the storms probably appear deeper on Neptune’s surface and are only visible once at full strength and height in the atmosphere. A similar feature is seen on Uranus that had a bright storm near the north pole. This could be caused by Uranus’s unique tilted rotation in the solar system. This causes the sun to shine directly at the north pole, resulting in the bright shine on the planet’s northern hemisphere. The weird thing is that the sun never seems to set on Neptune, so if humans ever get a chance to visit, they may not experience nighttime, but they may experience another dark storm.