Winds on Jupiter reach speeds of up to 900mph, study reveals
Jupiter’s winds reach a staggering 900 miles per hour – three times as fast as those measured during the strongest tornadoes on Earth, study finds. Astronomers from the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux tracked molecules left behind by comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 which slammed into Jupiter in 1994. They discovered that some of the 900mph winds are so powerful … Read more