Auroral lights at Saturn's north pole

A six-sided storm the size of a world

Around Saturn’s north pole spins a hexagon with sides about 14,500 km per side—longer than Earth’s diameter.

Saturn’s Polar Mysteries: Hexagon and Hurricane

Auroral lights at Saturn's north pole

A wave that won’t drift

It likely forms as a standing wave in the atmosphere and keeps its longitude, rotating with Saturn’s deep-interior rotation.

Saturn’s Polar Mysteries: Hexagon and Hurricane

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