What is the big spot on Neptune and how did scientists spot it?
Scientists studying the planet have captured an image of a spot on the surface for the very first time.
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Scientists studying the planet have captured an image of a spot on the surface for the very first time.
In a first, astronomers have noticed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with a surprisingly smaller bright spot adjacent to it.
This image shows Neptune observed with the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). At each pixel on Neptune, MUSE separates the incoming
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have detected a massive dark vortex within Neptune's atmosphere.
A team of researchers led by Patrick Irwin from the University of Oxford seized a remarkable ...