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Atmospheric Phenomena

Hubble Confirms a Ten‑Sided Decagon at Saturn’s South Pole

The feature is a vertically extended wave trapped in a polar jet that could reveal how large atmospheric patterns form on gas giants.

JWST Maps Tie Saturn’s Rotation Mystery to an Aurora-Driven Heat Loop

JWST Reveals Unexplained ‘Dark Beads’ and Asymmetric Star Pattern Over Saturn’s North Pole