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       2025-04-15T22:30:05Z
       
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       Astronomers are slowly learning about the atmosphere of Jupiter - that place is wild. The planet has storms, but they're made of rising plumes of ammonia gas, surrounded by hurricane-like vortices. Hailstones made of ammonia and water ice, dubbed "mushballs," rain down during thunderstorms, surrounded by intense flashes of lightning. And now, astronomers think this is common, not only with other giant planets in the Solar System but across the Universe.https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/15/on-jupiter-its-mushballs-all-the-way-down/