Jupiter's storm has been raging for longer than modern science has existed.
The Great Red Spot — a storm wider than Earth itself — has churned for centuries without stopping. Not decades. Centuries. That alone should rearrange how you think about this planet. But the storm is almost the footnote. By volume, around 1,300 Earths would fit inside Jupiter. It is more than twice as massive as every other planet in the solar system combined. And despite all that bulk, it completes a full rotation in under ten hours — faster than any other planet, a gas giant spinning at a pace our world cannot match. It also has at least 95 known moons, including Ganymede, which is larger than Mercury. Jupiter is not just the biggest planet. It is almost a category of its own. Follow Deep Field Vault for more of the universe, one jaw-dropping fact at a time.