There’s a storm dying on Neptune, and it probably smells like rotten eggs

A darkly colored storm on Neptune that’s the diameter of the Atlantic Ocean is shrinking. 

The Hubble Space Telescope first spotted the dying storm in 2015 and has kept an eye on it over the past few years. The most recent photos from the Hubble show that the storm is shrinking. 

This isn’t totally unexpected. While storms like Jupiter’s Great Red Spot have been raging for centuries, Neptune’s storms tend to be more short-lived, NASA said. 

Oh, also, the dark storm may smell like rotten eggs. 

According to NASA, the storm is probably made of hydrogen sulfide, meaning that, yes, it probably has that distinct, gassy smell.  Read more…

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