For the first and perhaps the last time ever, NASAs Cassini spacecraft, whose mission is to orbit Saturn, has captured a new moon emerge from the Jovian planets rings. As you might know, the birth of a moon is an extremely rare event, and in Saturns case, it might never happen again. You see, theres […]
This isnt the first weve seen of Saturns six-sided jet stream, but NASAs calling the GIF after the break the first hexagon movie of its kind. The movie is made from a compilation of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft, and depicts a hurricane-like storm at the center of the hexagon that has populated the […]
NASA announced this week that its Cassini spacecraft has managed to capture a first-of-its-kind film of the monstrous jet stream roiling at Saturns north pole. The short GIF, using color filters, shows currents of air moving at 200 miles-per-hour in whats known as the hexagon, a system unique to Saturn measuring about 20,000 miles across […]
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