00:00You've probably heard of the man on the moon, but you've likely never seen the creepy face
00:07that NASA's Juno probe just discovered on Jupiter.
00:11The spacecraft recently made its 54th flyby of our solar system's largest planet, snapping
00:16this photo as it passed.
00:17Jupiter is covered in wild storms, the likes of which we can't even imagine on Earth, and
00:22several of those spinning, Earth-sized tempests recently converged to produce what looks like
00:26a scary face.
00:27The photo was captured on September 7th, as Juno came within 4,800 miles of Jupiter.
00:33It also captured the line of nightfall on the planet, a particularly interesting moment
00:37to scientists, as the lengthening shadows paint a more intricate, sort of 3D picture
00:41for researchers.
00:42Juno has been circling Jupiter since 2016, but we're only just beginning to scratch the
00:46surface with regards to understanding the planet.
00:49Recent observations, for instance, have revealed a change in Jupiter's iconic red spot.
00:53It's now around 10,159 miles wide, or more than 2,000 miles bigger than Earth.
00:59However, that storm, which was first observed by astronomers in 1831, is also shrinking
01:04at an accelerating rate.
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