Astronomers Detect a 10-Sided Structure in Saturn's Atmosphere

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1. Wed, 2 September 2026

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   • sciencealert.com18:00edited after publishing
     Astronomers Detect a 10-Sided Structure in Saturn's Atmosphere

     previouslyAstronomers Spot an Uncannily Geometric, 10-Sided Structure in Saturn's Atmosphere

     Saturn, apparently, has been hiding its talents.

   • Google News - Top Stories18:00first to report
     Scientists find a huge 10-sided wave pattern swirling in the clouds over Saturn’s south pole

     Scientists find a huge 10-sided wave pattern swirling in the clouds over Saturn’s south pole AP News A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin Gizmodo Saturn has a big, weird decagon around its south pole New Scientist Mysterious 10-sided structure discovered on Saturn Purdue Exponent NASA’s Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn’s South Pole NASA Science (.gov)

   • Google News - Top Stories18:00
     A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin

     A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin Gizmodo See more headlines & perspectives on Google News

   • Google News - Top Stories18:12
     Mysterious 10-sided structure discovered on Saturn

     Mysterious 10-sided structure discovered on Saturn Yahoo See more headlines & perspectives on Google News

   • Google News - Top Stories20:40
     Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn's south pole

     Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn's south pole Phys.org Astronomers discover mysterious 10-sided cloud structure at Saturn's south pole Space Scientists find a huge 10-sided wave pattern swirling in the clouds over Saturn's south pole ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin Gizmodo Scientists discover a mysterious wave shaped like a decagon in Saturn’s atmosphere Scientific...

   • sci.news23:26
     Astronomers Discover Decagonal Wave circling Saturn’s South Pole

     For almost five decades, Saturn’s north pole has been famous for hosting a bizarre, six-sided jet stream known as the hexagon, a feature first spotted by NASA’s Voyager spacecraft in the 1980s and still churning today.

   • ABC (Spain)23:32
     Investigadores españoles descubren una colosal tormenta en forma de decágono perfecto en el polo sur de Saturno

     Todo empezó hace más de cuarenta años, en noviembre de 1980 y agosto de 1981. En aquellos momentos, las históricas sondas gemelas Voyager 1 y Voyager 2 de la NASA, en su viaje hacia los confines del Sistema Solar , se asomaron por primera vez a los polos de Saturno. Y lo que vieron allí, a miles de millones de kilómetros de casa, dejó literalmente sin habla tanto al público de la época como a la comunidad científica internacional. Rodeando el polo norte del gigante anillado, giraba incesante...

2. Thu, 3 September 2026

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   • RMF24 (Poland)09:36
     Niespodzianka na Saturnie. Wokół południowego bieguna powstaje wielki wir

     Niespodzianka na Saturnie. Wokół południowego bieguna powstaje wielki wir

   • Google News - Top Stories12:30
     Something weird's going on at Saturn. Hubble has spotted a 10-sided geometric formation in the planet's clouds - skyatnightmagazine.com

     Something weird's going on at Saturn. Hubble has spotted a 10-sided geometric formation in the planet's clouds skyatnightmagazine.com NASA’s Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn’s South Pole NASA Science (.gov) A Mysterious Decagon Unexpectedly Appeared Around Saturn's South Pole. The Ten-Sided Shape Seems to Be a Wave in the Atmosphere Smithsonian Magazine Astronomers discover mysterious 10-sided cloud structure at Saturn's south pole Space Astronomers Detect a 10-Sided Structure in...

   • yahoo.com21:38
     10-sided wave spotted on Saturn’s south pole: What to know

     Scientists say they’ve discovered a 10-sided wave pattern over Saturn’s south pole.

   • Google News - Top Stories21:39
     10-sided wave spotted on Saturn’s south pole: What to know

     10-sided wave spotted on Saturn’s south pole: What to know NewsNation Astronomers discover mysterious 10-sided cloud structure at Saturn's south pole Space What the Heck? Another Perfect Geometric Shape Has Been Detected on Saturn WIRED Scientists find a huge 10-sided wave pattern swirling in the clouds over Saturn’s south pole AP News Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn’s south pole ESA/Hubble

3. Fri, 4 September 2026

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   • Google News - Top Stories01:32
     NASA's Cassini spacecraft circled Saturn for 13 years and never saw a shape at the south pole, but when the planet's slow seasons tilted that pole back toward Earth, a giant ten-sided figure was waiting there — and it had not existed while the probe was watch

     NASA's Cassini spacecraft circled Saturn for 13 years and never saw a shape at the south pole, but when the planet's slow seasons tilted that pole back toward Earth, a giant ten-sided figure was waiting there — and it had not existed while the probe was watch Space Daily Astronomers discover mysterious 10-sided cloud structure at Saturn's south pole Space Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn’s south pole ESA/Hubble What the Heck? Another Perfect Geometric Shape Has Been Detected on...

   • Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)11:06
     Un gigantesco decagono è comparso su Saturno: il “mistero” della nuova onda al polo sud

     Saturno ha un nuovo mistero su cui gli astronomi posso concentrarsi. Al suo polo sud è comparsa una gigantesca figura a dieci lati, un’onda atmosferica che sembra quasi disegnata con un compasso nell’atmosfera del pianeta. Non è una struttura solida, naturalmente, e non è nemmeno un fenomeno osservabile a occhio nudo: è una poderosa corrente […] L'articolo Un gigantesco decagono è comparso su Saturno: il “mistero” della nuova onda al polo sud proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano .

4. Sat, 5 September 2026

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   • ANSA (Italy)11:28
     Comparso un enorme decagono nel polo sud di Saturno

     Dovuto alle correnti atmosferiche, ricorda l’esagono del polo nord

5. Sun, 6 September 2026

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   • Google News - Top Stories20:00
     Saturn’s South Pole Is Apparently Decagon-Shaped

     Saturn’s South Pole Is Apparently Decagon-Shaped Hackaday Astronomers discover mysterious 10-sided cloud structure at Saturn's south pole Space Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn’s south pole ESA/Hubble What the Heck? Another Perfect Geometric Shape Has Been Detected on Saturn WIRED Decagon on Saturn’s South Pole (Single Filter) NASA Science (.gov)

   • ABC News (Australia)21:37
     Backyard astronomer contributes to world-first Saturn discovery

     An amateur astronomer helps discover a mysterious decagon on Saturn's south pole, which he tracked from his homemade backyard observatory.

6. Mon, 7 September 2026

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   • Google News - Top Stories03:25
     Astronomers using Hubble found a new roughly 104,000-mile-wide ten-sided storm forming at Saturn’s south pole, a geometric twin to the famous hexagon that has long circled the north

     Astronomers using Hubble found a new roughly 104,000-mile-wide ten-sided storm forming at Saturn’s south pole, a geometric twin to the famous hexagon that has long circled the north Space Daily Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn’s south pole ESA/Hubble What the Heck? Another Perfect Geometric Shape Has Been Detected on Saturn WIRED Decagon on Saturn’s South Pole (Single Filter) NASA Science (.gov) Backyard astronomer contributes to world-first Saturn discovery ABC News & Headlines –...

   • tportal (Croatia)03:59
     Hubble snimio neobičnu pojavu na Saturnu: Znanstvenici nisu ovo očekivali na južnom polu

     Riječ je o masivnom atmosferskom uzorku sličnom šesterokutu koje su Voyager 1 i Voyager 2 snimili na sjevernom polu planeta tijekom preleta početkom osamdesetih

7. Tue, 15 September 2026

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   • Google News - Top Stories21:01
     Strange 'centaur' object between Saturn and Uranus has mysterious, changing rings, James Webb telescope study hints

     Strange 'centaur' object between Saturn and Uranus has mysterious, changing rings, James Webb telescope study hints Live Science James Webb Space Telescope discovers the rings of tiny solar system body Chariklo are changing Space Webb Telescope Discovers Surprising Changes in an Asteroid’s Rings Sky & Telescope Rings aren’t exclusive to giant planets: Chariklo, an icy body only about 250 kilometres across—shorter than Tasmania is long—carries two narrow rings, and Webb observations suggest they...

8. Thu, 17 September 2026

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   • Times of India05:30
     Former Australian miner spotted Saturn ripple, helped discover 10-sided wave

     An Australian amateur astronomer made a groundbreaking observation in their backyard, discovering a colossal ten-sided atmospheric wave. This unique finding corroborated the existence of a decagon around Saturn's south pole, as confirmed by years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope. The decagon, intertwined with fierce jet streams, spans numerous atmospheric levels, shedding light on the circulatory processes within the atmospheres of these gas giants.