Extraterrestrial Hurricanes: Other Planets Have Huge Storms, Too
Saturday, August 27, 2011 - 16:00
in Earth & Climate
By Earth standards, Hurricane Irene is a monster storm. But it's just a baby compared to the massive cyclones of Jupiter and Saturn.Our planet is not the only one in the solar system that boasts huge, hurricane-like storms . The gas giants Jupiter and Saturn, for example, churn out spinning squalls that can be bigger than the entire Earth. While these storms aren't fed by warm ocean water the way terrestrial hurricanes are, they're similar in a lot of ways, scientists say. [More]