Explaining Saturn’s Hexagonal Polar Vortex | Space is Weird


There is a weird hexagon-shaped storm at Saturn’s north pole. Discovered back in 1981 in Voyager images, it’s been raging ever since then, but only recently have we been able to explain its shape and recreate the same process in a lab!.

Let me know in the comments what your favourite planet is and why. See if you can convince me that Saturn isn’t the best 😉

This is the second in my new Space is Weird playlist. Check out the rest of the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

Also if you liked that you’ll also like my playlist on some as yet Unsolved Mysteries in Physics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

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My sister made the frame in the background as a present when I passed my PhD. She does commissions: https://megansmethurstdesign.wordpres…

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