Amazing new photos from NASA's Cassini probe orbiting Saturn reveal a dizzying glimpse into a monster storm raging on the ringed planet's north pole. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

What processes are responsible for shaping Jupiter and Saturn’s polar weather? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address as a team ...

While the UK has been experiencing warm autumnal weather, a team of planetary scientists has found that Saturn’s late northern summer is experiencing a cooling trend, as huge planetary-scale flows of ...

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An amazing new photo of Saturn's north pole puts the planet's odd hexagon-shaped jet stream and dazzling rings on display. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

Cassini's spectacular image of Saturn's polar vortex, published this month by NASA, may provide astronomers with a missing piece in the puzzle of how that planet's atmosphere works. For planetary ...

Saturn's bold rings are not its only signature feature. Saturn also boasts a six-sided feature at its north pole, which scientists first noticed when NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Saturn in 1981 ...

HONOLULU — Astronomers using the giant Keck I telescope atop Mauna Kea have discovered a hot spot at the tip of Saturn’s south pole. The infrared images suggest a warm polar vortex -- a large-scale ...

In the most precise reading of Saturn’s temperatures ever taken from Earth, a new set of infrared images suggests a warm “polar vortex” at Saturn’s south pole – the first warm polar cap ever to be ...

Posing for portraits for NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, Saturn and its largest moon, Titan, show spectacular colors in a quartet of images being released today. One image captures the changing hues of ...