NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has noticed a peculiar change at the planet's north pole: the giant hexagon surrounding it has changed color. Scientists have known about Saturn's hexagon ...
We’ve already been treated to spectacular black and white closeup images of Saturn, beamed home to Earth by the Cassini spacecraft after it dove between the planet and its rings. Now, we’re getting to ...
Sitting atop Saturn’s north pole is one of the Solar System’s most striking weather patterns: a rotating, color-changing hexagon slightly wider than Earth. A new study shows there’s another hexagon ...
All the hues of Saturn's B Ring pop out in a high-resolution color image sent back by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...
These are the highest-resolution color images of any part of Saturn’s rings, to date, showing a portion of the inner-central part of the planet’s B Ring. The view is a mosaic of two images that show a ...
Newly fleshed-out data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft include this faux-color, ultraviolet image of portions of Saturn's C and B rings, which shows their clear compositional variation. The red regions ...
Discover the stunning true-color image of Saturn's polar vortex captured by the Cassini spacecraft during its historic dive. A processed, true-color image of Saturn's polar vortex based on photos ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spectacular photos captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a curious color change over ...
Add this to the long list of celestial End Times portents to keep you up at night: Saturn’s north polar hexagon, a six-sided vortex of unknown origin that could easily swallow our entire planet, has ...