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Saturn imaged in 2021 through a 6" telescope, dimly showing the polar hexagon. Saturn's polar hexagon was discovered by David Godfrey in 1987 [14] from piecing together fly-by views from the 1981 Voyager mission, [15] [16] and was revisited in 2006 by the Cassini mission.
A hexagonal cyclone in Saturn's north pole has been spotted since the passage of Voyager 1 and 2, and was first imaged by Cassini on January 3, 2009. [25] It is just under 24,000 km (15,000 mi) in diameter, with a depth of about 100 km (60 mi), and encircles the north pole of the ringed planet at roughly 78° N latitude.
The storm head of the 2010 GWS was probably made up by 55% ammonia, 22% water ice and 23% ammonium hydrosulfide. The water ice is delivered by powerful convections originating from about 200 km deep in Saturn's atmosphere. [14] The 2010 GWS also had an increased level of lightning.
A NASA spacecraft recently noticed that the appearance of Saturn’s north pole has undergone a mysterious change over the last several years. NASA spots mysterious change in Saturn's hexagon Skip ...
Saturn’s autumnal equinox is expected to occur on May 6, 2025. Spying Saturn’s spokes. The NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft captured the first evidence of the spokes in the 1980s.
The bright orange feature near the center in the top-right of the image is the Dragon Storm. The Dragon Storm is a giant thunderstorm located in Saturn's southern hemisphere, which is labeled as the "storm alley" region. The storm could have a range of 2,000 miles (3,200 km) or more, and can be compared to the electric thunderstorms of Earth.
The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power of the Colorado River. Close to the moon's south pole are two canyons ...
The storm that produced this discharge was first observed by the spacecraft on December 5, 2010, in Saturn's northern hemisphere. The storm is the first of its kind to be observed by a spacecraft in orbit around Saturn as well as the first to be observed at thermal infrared wavelengths, allowing scientists to observe the temperature of Saturn's ...