New Research Cracks the Mystery Behind the Solar System's Giant Planet Winds For decades, the spectacular equatorial jet streams of our solar system's gas giants — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — have fascinated and baffled astronomers alike. Why do some of these enormous worlds spin with fierce eastward winds , while other blow dramatically westward? Now, a team led by researchers from Leiden Observatory and SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research may have found the answer. Their new model, published in Science Advances , is the first capable of explaining the atmospheric circulation patterns on all four of these colossal planets — revealing that the same underlying physics drives both directions of wind. (Related reading: Earth's Climate and Atmospheric Changes — explore how Earth's jet streams compare to those of the gas giants.) One Unified Model for a Solar System-Wide Puzzle The breakthrough study, led by postdocto...
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