Vortices on Jupiter, captured by NASA’s Juno mission in 2022
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Brian Swift
Stunning patterns in Jupiter’s ambiance have been replicated extra precisely than ever earlier than in the lab – utilizing a rotating tub crammed with water.
Michael Le Bars at Aix-Marseille University in France and his colleagues wished to understand how the swirls and whorls on Jupiter’s surface join to what’s occurring deep contained in the planet. Instead of precisely replicating the planet’s hydrogen and helium ambiance, they turned to experiments with water.
They constructed a cylindrical tank 1 metre throughout,…