NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Hampton University
Thirty years ago, scientists discovered an intriguing structure on Saturn’s north pole. Nothing even resembling this structure has ever been seen on any other planet ... in the entire universe.
The six-sided structure, nicknamed “the hexagon,” is about 20,000 miles in diameter and extends about 60 miles down into Saturn’s atmosphere.
Scientists have figured out that it’s actually a cloud pattern created by a gigantic hurricane roiling at the center of the north pole. Читать дальше...