A Vortex That Darkened Just Before Saturn’s Decagon Appeared Is Now a Key Clue as Saturn Nears Its Best Viewing Night
Nature World News | 18.09.2026 10:10Scientists studying Saturn's newly identified 10-sided wave have a lead on what may have set it off. According to the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, the decagon sits just south of a compact anticyclone vortex near 55 degrees south latitude. That vortex was first observed in 2023 and darkened sharply in 2025, just before the decagon emerged.
