Neptune keeps growing enormous dark and bright spots, and scientists don’t know why

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By Robert Lea

August 24, 2023

Astronomers have observed a huge, mysterious dark spot on the surface of Neptune from Earth for the first time — and discovered a puzzling bright counterpart close to it. 

While scientists still don’t comprehend the origins of this shadowy patch on the blue surface of the distant ice giant, new observations made using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) could help shed some light on this puzzling Neptunian feature. 

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