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New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant's massive bands disappear
The photos show two large white patches sitting side by side in the gas giant's Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) — an enormous dark band of clouds that spins around Jupiter as it rotates.
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Why Extrasolar Gas Giant Planets Are Crucial To The Hunt For Life
They are extrasolar gas giants which are the size of Neptune or larger. Unfortunately, such gas giant planets are hardly harbingers of life as we know it. But they are a necessary stop on the long ...