---
title: "Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Dying"
description: "NASA scientists report that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is shrinking and that it could totally dissipate within the next 20 years."
date: "2019-05-29"
modified: "2019-05-29"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/jupiter-great-red-spot-dying"
categories:
  - "Off-World"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "jupiter"
  - "NASA"
  - "space"
  - "the digest"
---

# Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Dying

![NASA scientists report that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is shrinking and that it could totally dissipate within the next 20 years.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jupiter-great-red-spot-dying.png>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA\</em\>*

## Changing Face

One of the solar system's most iconic landmarks is about to vanish.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a gigantic storm more than twice the size of the Earth, has persisted for centuries. But now scientists predict it could disappear forever in as little as 20 years.

## Clearing Up

New images of Jupiter seem to show the Great Red Spot breaking apart, [according to *Space.com*](<https://www.space.com/jupiter-great-red-spot-blades-amateur-photos.html>). Blade-shaped arms are growing out of the storm as it swirls, eventually breaking off and dissipating and causing it to gradually shrink.

NASA scientist Glenn Orton told *Space.com* that the Great Red Spot has been shrinking at a consistent rate, which has transformed the once-oval storm into a smaller circle.

## Diving In

Many of these observations come [courtesy of Juno](<https://futurism.com/beneath-jupiters-clouds>), NASA's spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter.

In July, Juno will once more pass over the Great Red Spot, *Space.com* reports, at which point scientists hope to learn even more about the giant storm's fate.

**READ MORE:** [Amateur Astronomers See 'Blades' on Jupiter's Great Red Spot](<https://www.space.com/jupiter-great-red-spot-blades-amateur-photos.html>) \[*Space.com*\]

**More on Jupiter:** *[The Moons of Jupiter and Saturn Could Have Earth-Like Tidal Waves](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/moons-tidal-waves-jupiter-saturn>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/danrobitzski>)