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

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1. Wed, 2 September 2026

   7 reports
   • 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)

   • 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 Stories18:00
     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

   4 reports
   • 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

   2 reports
   • 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

   2 reports
   • 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

   2 reports
   • 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