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Mysterious White Clouds Keep Popping Up Near The Bahamas, And No One Knows Why : ScienceAlert
The slice of ocean squeezed between Florida and the Bahamas is one of the most well-studied marine environments in the world, and yet it’s also the epicenter of a lasting geological mystery.
Since at least the 1930s, scientists in the region have noticed strange, billowing white clouds appearing in the turquoise tranquility of the water’s surface.
The curious phenomenon is called a ‘whiting event’, and scientists still don’t understand why it occurs in the Bahamas.
It has become a sort of ‘white whale’ for researchers at the nearby University of South Florida (USF).
The perplexing patches of light-colored ocean are sometimes noticed in other oceans and lakes worldwide, but in the Bahamas, they pop up more often than usual.
Direct sampling of the cloudy waters suggests they contain high concentrations of carbonate-rich particles.
Much of the Bahama archipelago sits on a submerged platform of carbonate known as the Bahama Banks. Does this mean sediments are rising to the surface? Or could it be that blooms of phytoplankton are actually producing the suspended material?
No one knows the answers to those questions, but scientists at USF are determined to find out. They’ve used satellite images from NASA to show how whiting events ebb and flow in the Bahamas.
The team doesn’t know if the trends they’ve identified are natural or human-caused, but what they do know is that from 2003 to 2020, the size of these whiting events seemed to correlate with the seasons.
The largest patches occurred from March to May and October to December. On average, the white patches were about 2.4 square kilometers a piece. On a day with clear skies, satellite images usually snapped about 24 of them, covering a total area of 32 square kilometers (12 square miles).
Between 2011 and 2015, however, the patches suddenly swelled in size, covering more than 200 square kilometers of the ocean at their peak (77 square miles). By 2019, however, the patches shrunk again, although they never got quite as small as they had previously been.
The findings suggest a 10-year cycle might be at play. But a cycle of what exactly?
“I wish I could tell you why we saw that peak in activity, but we’re not there yet,” says USF oceanographer Chuanmin Hu.
“We do see some interesting relationships between environmental conditions, such as the pH, the salinity of water, and the behavior of winds and currents, but we can’t yet say what exact mechanical, biological, or chemical processes were responsible for that peak in activity.”
More direct field experiments are needed, and not just in the Bahamas. Comparing whiting events in other regions could help scientists figure out what features they share in common.
USF researchers tested their model on whiting events in the Great Lakes with preliminary success, but now need to back up those patterns on the ground, or rather, in the water.
August 2 Satellite view of the Pyramid Lake Whiting event in its early stages pic.twitter.com/SoPltG1lG3
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Some studies, for instance, have shown that whiting events happen more in places with muddy sediments.
In addition, it could be that some ocean conditions favor the suspension of sediments and calcium carbonate in the water column. As mentioned before, recent satellite data suggests white patches in the Bahamas are more common in spring and winter, and this is when the Florida currents that run north to south switch.
Without more evidence, all of these theories will remain just that.
The study was published in Remote Sensing of Environment.
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Pierces Through Dust Clouds to Unveil Young Stars in Early Stages of Formation
Image of the Cosmic Cliffs, a region at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). This image shows invisible near-infrared wavelengths of light that have been translated into visible-light colors. Credit: Science: Megan Reiter (Rice University), Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI)
Webb’s Infrared Capabilities Pierce Through Dust Clouds to Make Rare Find
Searching for buried treasure isn’t easy. It can be a painstaking, even frustrating, process. It is common to sift through the proverbial sand for hours and hours and rarely hit the jackpot. However, with
Dozens of previously hidden jets and outflows from young stars are revealed in this new image of the Cosmic Cliffs from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The Cosmic Cliffs, a region at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, has long intrigued astronomers as a hotbed for star formation.
Many details of star formation in NGC 3324 remain hidden at visible-light wavelengths. Webb is perfectly primed to tease out these long-sought-after details since it can detect jets and outflows seen only in the infrared at high resolution.
This image separates out several wavelengths of light from the iconic First Image revealed on July 12, 2022, which highlight molecular hydrogen, a vital ingredient for star formation. Insets on the right-hand side highlight three regions of the Cosmic Cliffs with particularly active molecular hydrogen outflows.
In this image, red, green, and blue were assigned to Webb’s NIRCam data at 4.7, 4.44, and 1.87 microns (F470N, F444W, and F187N filters, respectively).
Credit: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Science: Megan Reiter (Rice University), Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI)
Webb Space Telescope Unveils Young Stars in Early Stages of Formation
Scientists taking a “deep dive” into one of Webb’s iconic first images have discovered dozens of energetic jets and outflows from young stars previously hidden by dust clouds. The discovery marks the beginning of a new era of investigating how stars like our Sun form, and how the radiation from nearby massive stars might affect the development of planets.
The Cosmic Cliffs, a region at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within the star cluster NGC 3324, has long intrigued astronomers as a hotbed for star formation. While well-studied by the
Recently, by analyzing data from a specific wavelength of infrared light (4.7 microns), astronomers discovered two dozen previously unknown outflows from extremely young stars revealed by molecular hydrogen. Webb’s observations uncovered a gallery of objects ranging from small fountains to burbling behemoths that extend light-years from the forming stars. Many of these protostars are poised to become low mass stars, like our Sun.
“What Webb gives us is a snapshot in time to see just how much star formation is going on in what may be a more typical corner of the universe that we haven’t been able to see before,” said astronomer Megan Reiter of Rice University in Houston, Texas, who led the study.
Molecular hydrogen is a vital ingredient for making new stars and an excellent tracer of the early stages of their formation. As young stars gather material from the gas and dust that surround them, most also eject a fraction of that material back out again from their polar regions in jets and outflows. These jets then act like a snowplow, bulldozing into the surrounding environment. Visible in Webb’s observations is the molecular hydrogen getting swept up and excited by these jets.
“Jets like these are signposts for the most exciting part of the star formation process. We only see them during a brief window of time when the protostar is actively accreting,” explained co-author Nathan Smith of the University of Arizona in Tucson.
What looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth.
Called the Cosmic Cliffs, the region is actually the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, roughly 7,600 light-years away. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. The high-energy radiation from these stars is sculpting the nebula’s wall by slowly eroding it away.
NIRCam – with its crisp resolution and unparalleled sensitivity – unveils hundreds of previously hidden stars, and even numerous background galaxies.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Previous observations of jets and outflows looked mostly at nearby regions and more evolved objects that are already detectable in the visual wavelengths seen by Hubble. The unparalleled sensitivity of Webb allows observations of more distant regions, while its infrared optimization probes into the dust-sampling younger stages. Together this provides astronomers with an unprecedented view into environments that resemble the birthplace of our solar system.
“It opens the door for what’s going to be possible in terms of looking at these populations of newborn stars in fairly typical environments of the universe that have been invisible up until the James Webb Space Telescope,” added Reiter. “Now we know where to look next to explore what variables are important for the formation of Sun-like stars.”
This period of very early star formation is especially difficult to capture because, for each individual star, it’s a relatively fleeting event – just a few thousand to 10,000 years amid a multi-million-year process of star formation.
“In the image first released in July (see image above), you see hints of this activity, but these jets are only visible when you embark on that deep dive – dissecting data from each of the different filters and analyzing each area alone,” shared team member Jon Morse of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. “It’s like finding buried treasure.”
This image, released for Hubble’s 17th anniversary, shows a region of star birth and death in the Carina Nebula. The nebula contains at least a dozen brilliant stars that are 50 to 100 times the mass of our Sun. Credit for Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Credit for CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF
In analyzing the new Webb observations, astronomers are also gaining insights into how active these star-forming regions are, even in a relatively short time span. By comparing the position of previously known outflows in this region caught by Webb, to archival data by Hubble from 16 years ago (see image above), the scientists were able to track the speed and direction in which the jets are moving.
This science was conducted on observations collected as part of Webb’s Early Release Observations Program. The paper was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society in December 2022.
Reference: “Deep diving off the ‘Cosmic Cliffs’: previously hidden outflows in NGC 3324 revealed by JWST” by Megan Reiter, Jon A Morse, Nathan Smith, Thomas J Haworth, Michael A Kuhn and Pamela D Klaassen, 4 October 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2820
The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb will solve mysteries in our solar system, look beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency).
Webb telescope spies clouds beneath haze of Saturn moon Titan
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The James Webb Space Telescope has spied clouds on one of the solar system’s most intriguing moons.
In November, the space observatory turned its infrared gaze on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. It’s the only moon in our solar system that has a dense atmosphere — four times denser than Earth’s.
Titan’s atmosphere is made of nitrogen and methane, which gives it a fuzzy, orange appearance. This thick haze obscures visible light from reflecting off the moon’s surface, making it difficult to discern features.
The Webb telescope observes the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye — on November 5, the telescope spotted a bright cloud in Titan’s northern hemisphere and, soon after, detected a second cloud in the atmosphere.
The larger cloud was located over Titan’s northern polar region near Kraken Mare, the largest known liquid sea of methane on the moon’s surface.
Titan has Earth-like liquid bodies on its surface, but its rivers, lakes and seas are made of liquid ethane and methane, which form clouds and cause rain from the sky. Researchers also believe Titan has an internal liquid water ocean.
“Detecting clouds is exciting because it validates long-held predictions from computer models about Titan’s climate, that clouds would form readily in the mid-northern hemisphere during its late summertime when the surface is warmed by the Sun,” cowrote Conor Nixon, a planetary scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on NASA’s Webb blog.
Nixon is also the principal investigator on the Webb observation program for Titan.
The team of astronomers studying the Webb observations reached out to colleagues at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to see if follow-up observations could reveal if the clouds were moving or changing shape.
“We were concerned that the clouds would be gone when we looked at Titan two days later with Keck, but to our delight there were clouds at the same positions, looking like they had changed in shape,” said Imke de Pater, emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and lead of the Keck Titan Observing Team, in a statement.
Atmospheric modeling experts helped the team determine that the two telescopes had captured observations of seasonal weather patterns on Titan.
Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument was also able to collect data on Titan’s lower atmosphere, which can’t be seen by ground-based observatories such as Keck due to interference from Earth’s atmosphere, in different wavelengths of infrared light.
The data, which is still being analyzed, was able to see deeper into Titan’s atmosphere and surface than the Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn and its moons for 13 years. Webb’s observations could also reveal the cause of a bright feature over Titan’s south pole.
The cloud observations were a long time coming.
“We had waited for years to use Webb’s infrared vision to study Titan’s atmosphere, including its fascinating weather patterns and gaseous composition, and also see through the haze to study albedo features on the surface,” Nixon said, referring to the bright and dark patches.
“Titan’s atmosphere is incredibly interesting, not only due to its methane clouds and storms, but also because of what it can tell us about Titan’s past and future — including whether it always had an atmosphere. We were absolutely delighted with the initial results.”
The team is planning more observations of Titan in June that may provide additional information about the gases in its atmosphere.
A cosmic hourglass: Webb captures image of protostar swathed in dark clouds
The protostar L1527 is embedded within a cloud of material that is feeding its growth.
Just last month, the James Webb Telescope gifted us a spectacular new image of the Pillars of Creation—arguably the most famous image taken by Webb’s predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, in 1995. Now the telescope is giving astronomers clues about the formation of a new star, with a stunning image of an hourglass-shaped dark cloud surrounding a protostar, an object known as L1527.
As we’ve reported previously, the James Webb Space Telescope launched in December 2021 and, after a suspenseful sunshield and mirror deployment over several months, began capturing stunning images. First, there was the deep field image of the Universe, released in July. This was followed by images of exoplanet atmospheres, the Southern Ring Nebula, a cluster of interacting galaxies called Stephan’s Quintet, and the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region about 7,600 light-years away.
In August, we received gorgeous images of Jupiter, including the auroras at both poles that result from Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field, as well as its thin rings and two of the gas giant’s small moons. This was followed a month later by a mosaic image showing a panorama of star formation stretching across a staggering 340 light-years in the Tarantula Nebula—so named because of its long, dusty filaments. We also were treated to spectacular images of Neptune and its rings, which have not been directly observed since Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1989, and, as already mentioned, the Pillars of Creation.
This latest image is courtesy of Webb’s primary imager, the Near-Infrared Camera (MIRCam). To capture images of very faint objects, NIRCam’s coronagraphs block any light coming from brighter objects in the vicinity, similar to how shielding one’s eyes from bright sunlight helps us focus on the scene in front of us. The dark clouds of L1527 are only visible in the infrared, and NIRCam was able to capture features that had previously been hidden from view. Check it out:
Enlarge / Material ejected from the star has cleared out cavities above and below it, whose boundaries glow orange and blue in this infrared view.
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Back in 2012, astronomers used the Submillimeter Array—a collection of eight radio telescopes arranged into an interferometer that is also part of the Event Horizon Telescope—to study the accretion disk around L1527 and measure its properties, including the rotation. They found that the disk exhibited Keplerian motion, much like the planets in our Solar System, which enabled them to determine the mass of the protostar. So learning more about L1527 could teach us more about what our own Sun and Solar System were like in their infancy.
Protostars are the earliest stage in stellar evolution, typically lasting about 500,000 years. The process begins when a fragment of a molecular cloud of dense dust and gas gains sufficient mass from the surrounding cloud to collapse under the force of its own gravity, forming a pressure-supported core. The nascent protostar continues to draw mass to itself, and the in-falling material spirals around the center to create an accretion disk.
The protostar within L1527 is only 100,000 years and thus doesn’t generate its own energy from nuclear fusion that turns hydrogen into helium, like a full-fledged star. Rather, its energy comes from the radiation released by shockwaves on the surface of the protostar and its accretion disk. Right now, it’s basically a sphere-shaped puffy clump of gas between 20–40 percent the mass of our Sun. As the protostar continues to gain mass and compress further, its core will continue to heat up. Eventually it will get hot enough to trigger nuclear fusion, and a star will be born.
The Webb image above shows how material ejected from L1527’s protostar has created empty cavities above and below; the glowing orange and blue regions represent the boundaries outlining those regions. (The blue region’s color is because it has less dust, compared to the orange regions above it, which trap more blue light in the thick dust so it can’t escape.) The accretion disk appears as a dark band. There are also filaments of molecular hydrogen in the image, the result of shocks from the protostar ejecting material.
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Shipping firm Maersk, a barometer for trade, warns of ‘dark clouds on the horizon’
Maersk on Wednesday posted a record third-quarter profit but warned of ‘dark clouds on the horizon’ as shipping container demand weakens.
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Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping firm, on Wednesday posted record profits for the third quarter on the back of high ocean freight rates, but noted a slowdown in demand.
The Danish giant, widely seen as a barometer for global trade, reported earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $10.9 billion for the quarter, above consensus analyst projections of $9.8 billion and up around 60% from the same period a year ago.
The company confirmed its full-year guidance for underlying EBITDA of $37 billion and a free cash flow above $24 billion.
CEO Søren Skou said the “exceptional results” this year were driven by a continued rise in ocean freight rates, but said it was clear that these have peaked and will begin to normalize in the fourth quarter amid falling demand and an easing of supply chain congestion. Skou flagged that earnings in the firm’s ocean operations will come down in the coming months.
“With the war in Ukraine, an energy crisis in Europe, high inflation, and a looming global recession there are plenty of dark clouds on the horizon,” Skou said in a statement Wednesday.
“This weighs on consumer purchasing power which in turn impacts global transportation and logistics demand. While we expect a slow-down of the global economy to lead to a softer market in Ocean, we will continue to pursue the growth opportunities within our Logistics business.”
In its second-quarter report, Maersk flagged an impending slowdown in global shipping container demand amid weakening consumer confidence and supply chain congestion.
The company said Wednesday that global container demand is expected to contract between 2% and 4% in 2022, down from a previous projection of +1% to -1%, noting that freight and charter rates declined in the third quarter as demand moderated and Chinese Covid-19 restrictions diminished.
Maersk shares were down 4.4% during early trade in Europe.
Wall Street banks’ profits slide as economic clouds loom, some beat forecasts
Oct 14 (Reuters) – Profits slid at Wall Street’s biggest banks in the third quarter as they braced for a weaker economy while investment banking was hit hard, but investors saw a silver lining with some banks beating estimates.
JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Citigroup Inc (C.N) and Wells Fargo & Co’s (WFC.N) showed a slide in net income after turbulent markets choked off investment banking activity and lenders set aside more rainy-day funds to cover losses from borrowers who fall behind on payments.
“We’re in an environment where it’s kind of odd,” said JPMorgan Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, who said that while the bank was “hoping for the best, we always remain vigilant and are prepared for bad outcomes.”
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Central banks globally have been battling surging inflation which is expected to cause an economic slowdown. The Federal Reserve has raised the benchmark interest rate from near zero in March to the current range of 3.00% to 3.25% and signaled more increases.
Rising rates tend to buoy bank profits, but the broader risk of an economic downturn sparked by high inflation, supply-chain bottlenecks and the war in Ukraine could weigh on future earnings.
On a conference call, Dimon said U.S. consumers remained strong and he wasn’t predicting a recession but “there are a lot of headwinds out there.”
Money that people have in their checking accounts will “deplete probably by sometime midyear next year” while they are contending with headwinds like inflation, higher rates and higher mortgage rates, he cautioned.
Banks set aside more money in preparation for a hit from a potential economic slowdown. JPMorgan set aside $808 million in reserves, Citi added $370 million to reserves and Wells had a $385 million increase in the allowance for credit losses.
Still, shares of JPMorgan and Wells Fargo gained strongly, up 2.5% and 3.7% respectively while Citi gained 1.2% as the profit falls were not as deep as feared.
JPM also said it hopes to be able to resume stock buybacks early next year, although other banks were less bullish with Citi saying buybacks continue to be on hold and Wells Fargo saying it continues to be prudent about buybacks.
“JPMorgan delivered a solid set of results, from top to bottom,” Susan Roth Katzke, an analyst at Credit Suisse, wrote in a note. “At least equally as important is the evidence of preparedness to manage through whatever turn the macro takes; expect the latter to be in focus.”
JPMorgan reported a 17% drop in third-quarter profit to $9.74 billion, although that was less than had been feared. Wells Fargo posted a 31% decline to $3.53 billion but it also beat expectations. And Citi reported a 25% drop to $3.5 billion which also beat expectations.
“Most of these banks are making more spread income now than ever because of the change in interest rates,” said Chris Marinac, Director of Research at Janney Montgomery Scott. “And this was the first quarter where you had the full effect of the Fed, because the Fed increased a little bit in May.”
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JPMorgan said net interest income rose 34% to a record $17.6 billion, up 34%.
“Generally banks obviously seem to be benefiting from a higher rate environment, and we’ve obviously seen banks able to earn, in terms of revenues, on higher interest rates,” said Eric Theoret, global macro strategist at Manulife Investment Management.
Marinac said investors would want to see banks build reserves at this point in the economic cycle.
“They’re bracing for a hard landing, because they’re building the reserves,” said Marinac. “But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.”
While a number of the banks managed to beat expectations, Morgan Stanley reported a 30% slump in profit to $2.49 billion which missed estimates. Its shares fell 5%.
Morgan Stanley’s earnings showed that investment banking revenue more than halved to $1.3 billion with declines across the bank’s advisory, equity and fixed income segments.
James Gorman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley, said his firm’s performance was “resilient and balanced in an uncertain and difficult environment.”
Corporations’ interest in mergers, acquisitions and initial public offerings dried up, particularly hitting banks strong in investment banking. Global M&A lost ground in the third quarter with volumes in the United States plummeting nearly 63% as the rising cost of debt forced companies to postpone big buyouts.
While banks were optimistic they could weather the likely tougher economy ahead, some observers were concerned about the long term outlook for growth.
“Against the backdrop of economic headwinds, the solid earnings reports from this morning will quickly pass into the rearview mirror,” said Peter Torrente, KPMG US National Sector Leader for Banking and Capital Markets. “Worries of inflation, which shows little sign of slowing down, are casting a long shadow on future outlook.”
Torrente said while banks’ revenues reflect the benefit of rising interest rates and persisting loan demand, the buildup in loan loss provisions also reflects the uncertainty in the road ahead.
“Next quarter and beyond, credit risk, loan growth, and deposit balances will be key areas to monitor in the banking industry,” Torrente said.
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Video Shows Incredible 3D Animation of Jupiter’s “Frosted Cupcake” Clouds
Researchers used JunoCam data to build digital elevation maps of cloud tops.
A group of scientists recently used NASA’s Juno spacecraft to produce stunning 3D renders to simulate how Jupiter’s raging storms would appear from space. A short video, shared on YouTube by Europlanet, revealed delicately textured swirls and peaks that researchers said resembled the frosting top of a cupcake.
“This computer animation shows a flight over such a landscape for processed, red-filtered image data collected by JunoCam, the wide-angle visible light imager of NASA’s Juno spacecraft, during her 43rd close Jupiter flyby,” the caption of the post read.
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According to Newsweek, citizen scientist and space image processor extraordinaire Gerald Eichstadt led the animation project. The researchers used JunoCam data to build digital elevation maps of cloud tops.
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“The Juno mission provides us with an opportunity to observe Jupiter in a way which is essentially inaccessible by Earth-based telescopic observations. We can look at the same cloud features from very different angles within only a few minutes,” Mr Eichstadt said in a Europlanet statement.
He presented the results of the project at the Europlanet Science Congress meeting in Granada. Mr Eichstadt also explained that this latest method has now opened up new opportunities to derive 3D elevation models of Jupiter’s cloud tops. “The images of the wonderful chaotic storms on Jupiter seem to come to life, showing clouds rising at different altitudes,” he added.
The researchers believe that the digital model cloud could also help scientists refine their understanding of the chemical composition of the clouds. “Once we calibrate our data, thanks to other measurements of the same cloud tops, we will test and refine the theoretical predictions and have a better 3D picture of the chemical composition,” the citizen scientist said.
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Juno was launched in 2011. It has been exploring the gas giant since 2016. Circling the planet in a highly elliptical orbit, the probe completes one lap every 43 days. Earlier this year, Juno reached its point of closest approach to Jupiter, getting just over 3,300 kilometres above the planet’s cloud tops.
The spacecraft was originally scheduled to retire in 2021, but now Juno will continue its work until at least 2025.