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  • NASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson (UC Berkeley)

    Hubble discovers a new 'dark vortex' on Neptune

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    Andrew Dalton
    Andrew Dalton
    06.24.2016

    Researchers gazing through NASA's hardworking, time-bending Hubble space telescope spotted a new storm brewing on Neptune last month. As the space agency confirmed today, research astronomers analyzing telescope data at the University of California at Berkeley discovered a new "dark spot" on the planet — only the third since Voyager 2 first spotted one in during its 1989 flyby.