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 ...

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 ...