Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Built Solves Decades-Long Planet Mystery
Maria Simulescu
A decade-long mystery about apparent changes in Saturn’s rotation has finally been solved, thanks to observations from the most powerful space telescope ever built. Scientists at Northumbria University have discovered why Saturn appears to spin at a different speed depending on how such is measured, and it has nothing to do with the actual rotation of the planet, but rather with its aurora . The study reveals for the first time complex patterns of heat and electrically charged particles in
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