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Astronomers Solve Decades-Long Mystery About Saturn’s Spin – “Something Strange Was Happening”

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Astronomers Solve Decades-Long Mystery About Saturn’s Spin – “Something Strange Was Happening”
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Saturn’s aurora acts as a localized energy source that drives winds and currents in a stable feedback system, producing the illusion of changing rotation. Researchers at Northumbria University have turned to the most advanced space telescope ever constructed to tackle a long-standing mystery in planetary science: why Saturn seems to rotate at different speeds depending [...]

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