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How Did Saturn Get Its Rings?
Nothing else in the Solar System is quite like Saturn. At its poles, a terrible storm rages, a perfect hexagon twenty thousand miles wide with raindrops of molten diamond, flung by 300-mph winds.
Shape and internal composition: Due to its gaseous nature and rapid rotation, Saturn is noticeably flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator. Beneath its thick atmosphere, scientists ...
Saturn's hexagon is a giant cloud system on Saturn's north pole, and it contains a central vortex. The sharp edges scientists saw in these latest images suggests that the cloud system and its ...
Saturn stands out with its mysterious hexagon at the north pole a persistent cloud pattern weather system. This hexagonal phenomenon is about 20000 miles (32000 kilometers) wide exhibiting winds ...
Twenty years ago, a rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a billion mile trek to Saturn. The photos the probe took revealed some astonishing things about Saturn, its rings and moons.