JUPITER'S BIZARRE, HELLISH WEATHER JUST GOT A LITTLE WEIRDER -- STUDY
"Great, it's hailing mush balls again."
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IF YOU'RE PLANNING A TRIP TO JUPITER, you might want to check the weather app. The giant gas planet hosts violent storms that last for hundreds of years, freezing temperatures that dip below 200 degrees Fahrenheit and icy clouds.
Adding to this weather that's right of a comic book, scientists have announced they discovered a new climate phenomenon that takes place on Jupiter, AMMONIA HAIL. They even have a name: mush balls.
The discovery is detailed in a series of three papers published Wednesday in the journal Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research and JGR Planets.
The Juno spacecraft captured violent thunderstorms on Jupiter, which may result in ammonia rich hail.NASA
Using observations by NASA's Juno mission, scientists discovered inconsistencies with — a colorless gas that is made up of nitrogen and hydrogen atoms — on the planet Jupiter. Ammonia is rich in Jupiter's equator but is less abundant elsewhere.
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https://www.inverse.com/science/jupiter-mush-balls