Space Weather
Decagon wave emerges near Saturn’s south pole
Michael Wong and colleagues discovered a ten sided wave encircling Saturn’s south pole during a decade long NASA outer planet monitoring program. The structure
By Robert Sanders · 2026-09-03T19:48:01.579Z
Michael Wong and colleagues discovered a ten sided wave encircling Saturn’s south pole during a decade long NASA outer planet monitoring program. The structure reveals unexpected atmospheric dynamics on a gas giant and could change models of planetary weather and circulation. Continue for observational methods, data and implications.
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