Cassini finds rhythm in Saturn's rings

Cassini-Huygens

Despite more than a decade of winter darkness, Saturn's north pole is home to an unexpected hot-spot, remarkably similar to the one at the planet's sunny south pole. Now, the first detailed views of the gas giant's high latitudes from the Cassini spacecraft reveal a matched set of hot cyclonic vortices, one at each pole.For more information follow this link

Scientists have gotten their best look ever at the invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in Saturn's giant magnetic field. They find that it is asymmetric and dynamic, unlike similar rings that appear around Earth.For more information follow this link

Somewhere deep below Saturn’s cloud tops, the planet rotates at a constant speed. Determining this interior period of rotation has proven extremely complicated. Now, with new Cassini results, a team of European scientists have taken an important step forward.