Jupiter Is Undergoing Massive, Global Changes

[Craig]

http://news.discovery.com/space/jupiter-undergoing-global-changes-121018.html

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has made some dramatic transformations in recent years, a new study reveals.

Huge belts in the giant planet's atmosphere have changed color, radiation hotspots have faded and flared up again, and cloud levels have thickened and dissolved, all while space rocks have been hurtling into it the gas giant, astronomers said.

[+Graham]

Isn't it a shame you cannot see it happening even in time lapse.

[Guest Fluke]

Here's a vid of a recent collision

/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/19299984@N08/7976507568

[Daz Type-R]

Nice.