5 Solar System Worlds With the Craziest Weather!

What does the weather look like on other worlds? Anticipate global haboobs, methane rain, and a 10,000-mile-wide hurricane.

Our solar system is a dwelling place to some bizarre and wonderful weather, with storms more frightening in scale than anything in Earth's recorded history. From hurricanes that are centuries-old on Jupiter to immense tornados on Mars, if you leave Earth you'll be very surprised by what you find.

Here's the 5 surprising solar system world with the most fascinating weather.

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot: An Earth-sized Hurricane

For centuries this iconic storm has been raging on Jupiter, but it may not be there forever. The giant spinning storm can be compared to a hurricane on Earth, although it is significantly larger. It measures around 16,000 kilometers across (10,000 miles), which is approximately 1.3 times the width of our planet. Scientists believe its roots go up to 100 times deeper into Jupiter than the oceans of the Earth. Recent proof, however, proposes the storm may be diminishing, although it can devour other storms in order to obtain a boost.

Saturn's Lightning: 10,000 Times More Powerful Than That of the Earth

Surprisingly we've not only witnessed lightning on Saturn, but we've heard it also. Cassini spacecraft of NASA, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, was capable of spotting lightning on the planet during the day, indicating it must have been immensely intense - some bolts are believed to be 10,000 times more powerful than those on planet Earth, as stated by NASA. 

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Solar Storms: Enraged Outbursts That Knock Out Power Grids

The sun can cause havoc on our planet. Its solar storms comprise charged particles and bursts of radiation, which can severely damage satellites that observe the activity of the sun closely and get ready for the worst, but sometimes, when a large storm approaches us, satellites and power grids need to be switched off so they can ride it out. 

Venus' Vortex: A storm That Can Move Faster Than Its Planet

At the south pole of Venus is an enormous vortex the size of Europe swirling in the atmosphere. This vortex seems to have been present for a long time and is a result of some bizarre properties on the planet. The atmosphere on Venus moves more rapidly than the planet, getting to speeds of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles) per hour - 60 times faster than the rotation of the planet, according to the European Space Agency.

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Martian Dust Storms: Tornados Seeable From Space

In 2018 a huge dust storm swallowed the surface of Mars, concealing much of its surface from our view. These storms, referred to as "haboobs" when they took place on Earth, are quite regular on Mars, taking place every few years, but this one was specifically large. They are prompted by the sun heating the planet's atmosphere, taking dust off the ground - although scientists aren't certain how they grow to be so big, according to NASA. 

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