The Jupiter season only became strangers. A new study published in the journal Science Advances has revealed that the tumultuous storm of the gas giant has created a massive, soft ball -shaped hail stone called “Mashibus”, made of ammonia and water. These violent storms surrounded the Jupiter’s atmosphere so deep that they could explain a longtime mystery among scientists: the disappearance of the planet’s upper layers. For years, scientists were surprised why Ammonia’s deep pocket appears to be absent in the Jupiter environment.
Shakes shake the old assumptions
According to A Report Through the sciences of life, scientists believed that the Jupiter’s atmosphere was well mixed, like a boiling water pot. However, researchers, after analyzing a major storm of 2017 occupied by Juno Found Even the local storm can a deep nest on the planet to ammonia, which disperses the old assumptions. “The upper part of the atmosphere is a very poor representation that looks like the entire planet,” said Chris Moeel, author of the University of California, Berkeley. On April 15, 2025, according to Artistki, his team Results Suggest that the environment is much deeper than the previous idea.
As a tracer of ammonia clouds
Jupiter’s thick cloud cover directly prevents observation, and ammonia acts as an important tracer to understand the hidden activity under the clouds. In 2020, scientists presented the theory that the powerful storms of Jupiter have raised ammonia -rich ice particles at a height, where they produce a suspicious, raw hail stone together with water ice. After that, the polytheists become large and heavy, cycling in the environment and from bottom to bottom before sinking, ammonia and carry water with them. This process eliminates the upper environment, which is observed with Juno.
Verification was made during Juno February 2017 Flybai. When passing through the storm area, the spacecraft found an unexpected deep signal under the clouds of the storm and rich water. Michael recalled the discovery while running data on his laptop in the dentist’s office, explaining the moment, felt that the torch theory should come true.
A universal trend beyond Jupiter
Researchers believe that Jupiter may not be unique. Gas giants in the universe and even newly -forming planets can experience similar mission hair. “I won’t be surprised if it is happening all over the universe,” Michael told live science, suggesting that the stormy secrets of Jupiter can resonate more than our solar system.