Author: Shannon Stirone / Source: WIRED
Planets are so darn cool, and we’re lucky to have several nearby that we can visit. Start with the tempestuous king, the reigning champion of solar system awesomeness, Jupiter. It’s a gas giant—mostly hydrogen and helium, and that’s great—but water occurs there too.
Recent observations of the Great Red Spot have detected the chemical signature of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Scientists have known this was likely, since Jupiter picked up plenty of gas and materials zooming around during the formation of our solar system. Three of its major moons also have water, so why not the planet itself? More data from the Juno spacecraft, which is orbiting Jupiter and taking water measurements of its own, will eventually help…
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