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Vast atmospheric waves on Venus are caused by largest known 'hydraulic jump'
- May 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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The mysterious origin of an impressive cloud disturbance on Venus has now been revealed by a team including the University of Tokyo. Researchers used numerical models to show that an enormous 6,000-kilometer-wide atmospheric wave front, which circumnavigates the planet for days at a time, is caused by a large "hydraulic jump." This is when a fluid abruptly slows down, changing from shallow and fast to deep and slow.
Originally published at Phys.org