Cassini Finds a Hot Spot at Saturn’s North Pole
Credit: NASA/JPL/GSFC/OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Astronomers are trying to figure out why a relatively hot spot in the clouds at the south pole of Saturn is duplicated at the north pole, where it’s been wintertime since 1995. Scientists measured the spot—actually a frigid 84K (‑310F)—with the Composite Infrared Spectrometer on the Cassini probe...
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