Beyond the rings: When Hubble saw a 1,20,000-km-wide storm raging on Saturn
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Beyond the rings: When Hubble saw a 1,20,000-km-wide storm raging on Saturn

India Today  

The Hubble telescope has been our eyes not just beyond the Solar System, but also within for the last 34 years, and as Nasa celebrates its 35th anniversary, it has releases a breathtaking picture from its early days. In November 1990, Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope documented a rare planetary spectacle — a massive storm dubbed the "Great White Spot" swirling around Saturn’s equator. Hubble’s Wide Field/Planetary Camera captured the event during eight orbits on November 17, 1990, producing a color-accurate movie showing one full Saturn rotation. Scientists from the White Spot Observing Team and NASA institutions prioritised these observations, temporarily halting Hubble’s schedule before Saturn’s proximity to the Sun made imaging unsafe. As Saturn’s next equatorial storm likely won’t occur before 2040, the 1990 event remains a pivotal case study in planetary atmospheric dynamics—a fleeting glimpse into the chaos beneath the ringed planet’s serene facade.

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Massive Storm on Neptune Surprises Scientists as it Suddenly Moves Northwards After Going South
4 years, 3 months ago

Massive Storm on Neptune Surprises Scientists as it Suddenly Moves Northwards After Going South

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One of the planets of the Solar System, Neptune, seems to be facing a giant storm that changed its path suddenly according to Hubble Telescope’s recent view. The existence of the tempest, which is 4,600 miles across, was found in 2018 after NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uncovered a new mysterious dark storm on Neptune during Hubble’s routine yearly monitoring of …

Images of Saturn in summertime captured by Hubble Space Telescope
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Images of Saturn in summertime captured by Hubble Space Telescope

CNN  

CNN — NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has beamed back an amazing photo showing summertime on Saturn. “It’s amazing that even over a few years, we’re seeing seasonal changes on Saturn,” said lead investigator Amy Simon of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. You can The image is part of a project named Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy, which aims to improve our …

Hubble snaps new portrait of Saturn
5 years, 6 months ago

Hubble snaps new portrait of Saturn

CNN  

CNN — When Saturn was approaching closest to Earth this year on June 20, the Hubble Space Telescope captured the view. Wong/ESA/NASA For example, the hexagon-shaped feature around Saturn’s north pole was first spotted by NASA’s Voyager 1 in 1981. But the seasons last a little longer here, like in “Game of Thrones.” Saturn’s seasons can last over seven years. …

NASA's Hubble space telescope captures birth of giant storm on Neptune
6 years ago

NASA's Hubble space telescope captures birth of giant storm on Neptune

India TV News  

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Polar Vortex on Earth and 'Dark Vortex' on Neptune: NASA's Hubble telescope discovers mysterious storm on the planet
6 years, 1 month ago

Polar Vortex on Earth and 'Dark Vortex' on Neptune: NASA's Hubble telescope discovers mysterious storm on the planet

India Today  

The Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new mysterious dark storm on Neptune and provided a fresh look at a long-lived storm circling around the north polar region on Uranus, NASA said. Mysterious dark storm on Neptune This series of Hubble Space Telescope images taken over 2 years tracks the demise of a giant dark vortex on the planet Neptune. …

NASA's Hubble Captures Neptune's Foul-Smelling Storm as it Dies
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NASA's Hubble Captures Neptune's Foul-Smelling Storm as it Dies

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NASA’s Hubble space telescope has captured Neptune’s mysterious dark storm, that probably smells like rotten eggs, shrinking out of existence. “It looks like we’re capturing the demise of this dark vortex, and it’s different from what well-known studies led us to expect," said Michael Wong of the University of California at Berkeley in the US, and co-author of a related …

Saturn's massive hexagonal storm gets moment in the sun
7 years, 10 months ago

Saturn's massive hexagonal storm gets moment in the sun

Daily Mail  

of the Earth, it spins around Saturn's pole at 220 mph At first glance, it looks like a serene planet. Twice the diameter of the Earth, it spins around the northern polar vortex – seen as a dark spot at the planet’s pole in the above image – which is understood to the be eye of a hurricane-like storm, at …

NASA gets close-up views of large hurricane on Saturn
11 years, 10 months ago

NASA gets close-up views of large hurricane on Saturn

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Washington, May 1: NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's North Pole. "But there it is at Saturn, on a much larger scale, and it is somehow getting by on the small amounts of water vapour in Saturn's hydrogen atmosphere," said Ingersoll.Scientists will be studying the hurricane to gain …

Saturn storm: Incredible photo of a hurricane at Saturn’s north pole.
11 years, 11 months ago

Saturn storm: Incredible photo of a hurricane at Saturn’s north pole.

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The Cassini spacecraft routinely sends pretty amazing pictures back to Earth, but every now and again I see one that makes me literally gasp. So, in the are-you-freaking-kidding-me department, here’s a gasp-worthy shot of a hurricane at Saturn’s north pole that rages over an area 2000 kilometers across: Seriously, right? This was taken in the near infrared, just outside what …

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