Extreme weather: Massive hurricanes meet on Jupiter

Amateur and professional sky watchers are pointing their telescopes at Jupiter this month to record what could be a historic encounter. Two huge storms on the giant planet are beginning to encounter each other, and no one knows what will happen as these titans meet.

STORMY ENCOUNTER. Image taken Dec. 21, 2001, shows Jupiters Great Red Spot and the nearby, smaller oval storm (arrow) in the planets southern hemisphere.