Inside the Superrotating Skies of Venus

Researchers at University of Tokyo identified a massive hydraulic jump behind a recurring 6,000-kilometer atmospheric wave on Venus.

The discovery helps explain the planet’s superrotating atmosphere and reveals how vertical and horizontal winds interact in extreme planetary climates.

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