Spot the 'storm' on Saturn

The Cassini probe of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has discovered an unprecedented phenomenon on a planet other than Earth - like a storm - at the southern tip of Saturn.

This 'storm ' makes a dark area inside a thick, bright cloud. It extends in the range of about 8,000 km, or twice the diameter of the Earth.

A video recorded by Cassini's camera for 3 hours detected wind around the southern tip of Saturn clockwise at 550 km / g. The camera also found it has stormy eyes and the full characteristics of a hurricane.

This storm is different from Earth's typhoon because it is stuck in the polar region and does not move around, and the clouds lie above the storm center 30-70 km, 2-5 times higher than the clouds of the Earth's storm . Another point is that it forms without relying on ocean conditions such as the Earth's storm because Saturn is a gas planet.

Scientists are continuing to study the storm as well as the seasonal polar changes in Saturn to understand the role of seasons in keeping the storm at the southernmost tip.

(Photo: Sciencedaily)

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