Neptune: Dark spot seen through telescope
Astronomers have spotted a large and mysterious dark spot within Neptune's atmosphere, and it has an unexpectedly bright companion.
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Astronomers have spotted a large and mysterious dark spot within Neptune's atmosphere, and it has an unexpectedly bright companion.
The astronomers also discovered an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to the dark spot.
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile have made a remarkable discovery within Neptune's atmosphere: a large, enigmatic dark spot, accompanied by an unexpectedly bright companion. While space-based observatories, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, have previously observed vortex-like storms, known as dark spots, swirling within Neptune's atmosphere, this marks the…
These occasional features in the blue background of Neptune’s atmosphere are a mystery to astronomers, and the new results via ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide further clues as to their nature...
Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 25, 2023 - Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a dark spot