Space: Saturn has a gigantic hexagon on its north pole — a clo…

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Did you know? Saturn has a gigantic hexagon on its north pole — a cloud storm in perfect six-sided shape, about 30,000 km wide (bigger than Earth). Nobody fully understands why it is hexagonal instead of round. It has been rotating since at least 1981, when Voyager 1 first saw it.

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Saturn has a gigantic hexagon on its north pole — a cloud storm in perfect six-sided shape, about 30,000 km wide (bigger than Earth). Nobody fully understands why it is hexagonal instead of round. It has been rotating since at least 1981, when Voyager 1 first saw it.

Saturnus heeft een gigantische zeshoek op zijn noordpool — een wolkenstorm in perfecte zes-zijdige vorm, ongeveer 30.000 km breed (groter dan Aarde). Niemand begrijpt volledig waarom hij zes-hoekig is in plaats van rond. Hij draait al sinds 1981 toen Voyager 1 hem voor het eerst zag.

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