On the left, Saturn is shown in images obtained in 2013 with the PlanetCam and Astralux cameras on the 1.23 m and 2.2 m telescopes at the Calar Alto Observatory. The hexagon forms the edge of the ...
One of the sights that surprised scientists most was the sharp edges of Saturn's hexagon and its central vortex. Saturn's hexagon is a giant cloud system on Saturn's north pole, and it contains a ...
In the lab, researchers have played with spinning basins of water and successfully conjured up hexagon-shaped waves as a simulation of Saturn’s gigantic crown, hinting that similar mechanisms ...