Jupiter and Saturn may be similar in size and made of the same gases, but the weather at their poles tells a different story.

Jupiter and Saturn host strikingly different polar storms, despite being similar giant planets, and scientists have long wondered why. New simulations suggest the answer may lie deep below the clouds.

Jupiter and Saturn host some of the strangest weather in the Solar System, and nowhere is that more obvious than at their ...

Pasadena, Calif. — An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission. NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 ...

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This raw image shows Saturn's north polar region (left half) and part of its north polar hexagon. At right, we see the rings stacked up in the distance. The photo was taken captured by NASA's Cassini ...

Earlier in 2013, NASA's Cassini orbiter captured a stunning photo of a mysterious storm on Saturn. Until now, we've known very little about the storm, other than it's been stuck to Saturn's north pole ...

The Cassini space probe mission is coming to an end this month when the probe makes its final destructive plunge in to Saturn. It's spent the past thirteen years studying the planet, its rings and ...

Saturn's hexagonal polar jet stream is the shining feature of almost every view of the north polar region of Saturn. The region, in shadow for the first part of the Cassini mission, now enjoys full ...