The answer may be The Great Red Spot, an enormous storm big enough to swallow three Earths that has been raging on Jupiter for at least three centuries, a study showed on Wednesday. Heat transfer method unknownThe finding provides a strong link between Jupiter's upper and lower atmosphere, though the exact process by which heat is transferred remains unknown. By a process of elimination, the newly found hot spot must be heated from below, the study concluded. Using an infrared telescope at Hawaii's Mauna Kea Observatory, scientists discovered that the upper atmosphereabove the Great Red Spot — the largest storm in the solar system — is hundreds of degrees hotter than anywhere else on the planet. The storm spans 22,000 kilometres by 12,000 kilometres (13,670 miles by 7,456 miles) and is located in Jupiter's lower atmosphere.

Source: CBC News July 27, 2016 19:18 UTC