Tag Archives: Saturn

[ad_1] The legacy of Cassini further highlights the mysterious mystery of the northern polar hexagon of Saturn. Cassini view on the Saturn hex of 2012. NASA / JPL-Caltech / Institute for Space …

[ad_1] Nearly a year after diving into Saturn's atmosphere and ending its mission, NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to provide new and intriguing information about the ringed planet. A few months ago, the …

[ad_1] This psychedelic view, filtered by color, shows the unique hexagonal cloud structure at the north pole of Saturn. When Cassini approached Saturn for the first time in 2004, the calendar of …

[ad_1] If you are long time Popular science reader, you know the megapixels. For those who do not, these dispatches present incredible graphics in science and technology. The North Pole of the …

[ad_1] Saturn's hexagon from CassiniPhoto: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute Sitting atop Saturn's north pole is one of the Solar System's most striking weather patterns: a rotating, color-changing hexagon slightly …

[ad_1] Six-sided jet Leigh Fletcher, of the University of Leicester, UK, lead author of this new study, described Saturn's hex in an e-mail as "a meander throw" with a six-sided hexagonal appearance. …

[ad_1] The hexagon of the north pole of Saturn, in motion, seen by the spaceship Cassini, today disappeared. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Hampton University A strange, hexagon-shaped swirl formed …

[ad_1] This image of the famous northern polar hexagon of Saturn, captured by the Cassini orbiter, was first published in 2012. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Hampton University The strange …

[ad_1] <! – -> The Cassini probe used its wide-angle camera to capture this image of the ringed planet Saturn on April 2, 2014. You can see hexagon – a strange feature …

[ad_1] Get the Mach Newsletter. SUBSCRIBE The strange hex swirling around the north pole of Saturn is much larger than scientists thought, suggests a new study. The researchers generally considered the hexagon …