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Why is Jupiter's Great Red Spot Shrinking? It's Starving.


The largest storm in the Solar System is shrinking and planetary scientists think they have an explanation. It could be related to a reduction in the number of smaller storms that feed it and may be starving Jupiter's centuries-old Great Red Spot (GRS).

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