As serene as it appears in photographs, the gas giant Saturn is not a peaceful place. Its golden gases whiz around the planet at up to 1,000 mph. At times, massive storms thousands of miles wide break out in its upper atmosphere.
A New Kind of Storm Appears on Saturn, Puzzling Astronomers
Oct 23, 2019 1:47 PMNov 11, 2019 5:46 PM
A large storm on Saturn, commonly referred to as a Great White Spot. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
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