10 November 2006

Huge 'hurricane' rages on Saturn

A hurricane-like storm, two-thirds the diameter of Earth, is raging at Saturn's south pole, new images from Nasa's Cassini space probe reveal.

One Nasa scientist, Michael Flasar, told Reuters news agency that the storm looked just like water swirling down a bath plug hole, only on a colossal scale.

"We've never seen anything like this before," Mr Flasar said. "It's a spectacular-looking storm."

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6135450.stm

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