A bizarre, hexagon-shaped vortex has formed above Saturn's north pole as the planet's northern hemisphere enters summer, data from the international Cassini-Huygens mission revealed. The unusual ...
Sitting atop Saturn’s north pole is one of the Solar System’s most striking weather patterns: a rotating, color-changing hexagon slightly wider than Earth. A new study shows there’s another hexagon ...
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has given us another great look at the odd hexagon and vortex that swirl around Saturn's north pole. The hexagon is a jet stream composed of air traveling at about 200 mph ...
Saturn’s hexagon swirling at the planet’s north pole. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Hampton University Above Saturn’s north pole, clouds swirl in a distinct and stunning ...
Storms in space can take many forms. From Jupiter's planet-sized cyclones to Earth's spinning hurricanes, our solar system is filled with raging tempests of all shapes and sizes. But perhaps the most ...
Pasadena, Calif. — An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission. NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 ...
This is definitely one of our solar system's weirder features: a hexagon that circles the north pole of Saturn (image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona). The shape isn't carved into the planet's ...
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