APOD: 2026 September 8 - Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn's South Pole - NASA Science
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APOD: 2026 September 8 - Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn's South Pole - NASA Science
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 8 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn’s South Pole Explanation: Why are Saturn’s poles geometric? Satu…
NASA Scientists Discover Giant 10-Sided Pattern on Saturn’s South Pole
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a massive, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave circling Saturn's south pole, according to a study published Sept. 3, 2026, in the journal Science Advances. The finding, reported by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, marks the first time scientists have observed a large, regularly shaped jet pattern in the planet's southern hemisphere. The feature, which has some similarities to Saturn's long-studied nor…
Scientists analyzing images obtained by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2023 have discovered a giant, decagonal cloud structure approximately 32,000 kilometers wide at Saturn's south pole. This finding, following the previously identified hexagonal structure at the north pole, raises new questions about the planet's atmosphere; here are the details...
The strange structure seems to have formed for a few years, but no one can explain exactly why
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