Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope observed dark beads and lopsided star patterns drifting over Saturn’s northern regions. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes Saturn already tops the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected unusual dark beads in Saturn's ionosphere and a lopsided star pattern in its stratosphere. These previously unseen features may be interconnected and linked ...

For decades, Saturn’s upper atmosphere has been one of the solar system’s great enigmas. Even the Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn for over a decade, had difficulty catching clear signals from ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals Unprecedented Dark Beads and Star-Shaped Patterns on Saturn. (Image: NASA/ESA/CSA/Stallard et al 2025) NASA’s Webb captured something unusual in Saturn’s upper atmosphere ...

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Detections of near infrared emissions in Saturn’s ionosphere (left) show dark bead-like features embedded within bright aurora. In the stratosphere (right), 500 kilometres below, a lopsided ...

A study of Saturn's atmospheric structure using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed complex and mysterious features unseen before on any planet in our Solar System. A study of ...