A view of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealing a giant, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling the planet’s south pole. (NASA/ESA/STScI/A. Sánchez-Lavega via SWNS)
The feature, called a decagon, is the first large, regular-sided pattern observed at Saturn’s southern hemisphere. (NASA/ESA/STScI/A. Sánchez-Lavega via SWNS)
A view of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealing a giant, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling the planet’s south pole. (NASA/ESA/STScI/A. Sánchez-Lavega via SWNS)
By Dean Murray
A "mysterious" 10-sided structure, known as a decagon, has been discovered in the atmosphere of Saturn.
The feature, called a decagon, is the first large, regular-sided pattern observed at Saturn’s southern hemisphere. (NASA/ESA/STScI/A. Sánchez-Lavega via SWNS)
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