This may be the case with Saturn's vortexes, too, NASA said. "If the Saturnian polar vortex indeed has an analogous structure to terrestrial hurricanes, the circulation should be downward in the ...

One of the sights that surprised scientists most was the sharp edges of Saturn's hexagon and its central vortex. Saturn's hexagon is a giant cloud system on Saturn's north pole, and it contains a ...

Images taken by the Cassini mission's imaging science subsystem on 11 October 2006 suggest that some of these characteristics are combined in a unique way in the south polar vortex on Saturn ...

Yellows represent bright and warm parts of Saturn’s atmosphere, while the purple areas are cooler and darker. The bright north polar vortex shows up clearly in wavelengths sensing the ...