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A new study suggests that Jupiter ’s Great Red Spot, which has been visible for at least 190 years, is not the same one that astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observed in 1665. Instead, the current ...

From 1665 to 1713, astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini and others observed a dark oval — nicknamed the Permanent Spot — on Jupiter at the same latitude where the Great Red Spot now swirls.

The astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini first observed a vortex over the same region of Jupiter in 1665 and named it the ‘Permanent Spot’—but scientists have been unsure whether it was the ...

Astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini first observed what he called the “Permanent Spot” on Jupiter in 1665. New research suggests that the Great Red Spot formed about 190 years ago, which ...

Some experts believed it was centuries old and first observed by Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in the 17th century, while others thought the storm was more recent.

Some experts believed it was centuries old and first observed by Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in the 17th century, while others thought the storm was more recent.

Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot, persisting for at least 190 years, is likely different from the spot observed by Giovanni Domenico Cassini.

The first known observation of Jupiter’s red storm has often been attributed to Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1665. However, new research suggests that the massive storm observed by Cassini is ...

In 1665, astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observed a massive storm raging on Jupiter. It became known as the Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds that’s almost twice as wide as Earth.