Nemesis Project Research - Saturn's Strange Hexagon Recreated in the Lab

Oxford - I fisici Ana Claudia Barbosa Aguiar e Peter Read dell'Università di Oxford, dopo aver studiato le immagini della sonda Cassini sul misterioso esagono presente al polo nord e scoperto già nel 1988 dalla sonda Voyager, hanno provato a riprodurre il fenomeno in laboratorio. Una bombola da 30 litri di acqua è stata posta su una tavola a lenta rotazione, l'acqua rappresentava l'atmosfera di del pianeta Saturno. All'interno di questo serbatoio, hanno posto un piccolo anello che girava più rapidamente del cilindro. Questo ha creato una miniatura artificiale del misterioso esagoono, che i ricercatori hanno evidenziato con un colorante verde.

Saturn boasts one of the solar system's most geometrical features: a giant hexagon encircling its north pole. Though not as famous as Jupiters Great Red Spot, Saturn's Hexagon is equally mysterious. Now researchers have recreated this formation in the lab using little more than water and a spinning table—an important first step, experts say, in finally deciphering this cosmic mystery.

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[DasRakel]

@DelMonteOnSteroids Obviously, Phil would like to see Aliens.

[logicalPick]

@richd506 pure ignorance. Man is incapable of so much, infact we know so little about everything yet we formulate hypothesis that strive to answer anything. Only 10% of our own seas have been mapped yet here we are striving for a new frontier trying to push the limits on what we can do... Science still doesn't have a straightforward answer why hiccups occur or why we even yawn -- yet many believe we developed from some single celled organisms to the hyper complex beings we are today... lol

[richd506]

The great beauty of such mysteries in nature isn't that there's a supernatural explananation for them but that there isn't.

[DelMonteOnSteroids]

@Phil6590 whaaat? How can you say that? It's fucking phenomenal that this is naturally occuring!

[kumathebulldog]

very nice experiment, you see this kind of phenomena in fluid dynamics all the time, sequential vortex swirls as i like to call them in a way it reminds me of an engine, the individual swirls around the hex powering it like a flywheel and keeping whatever this hex swirl is powering moving.. i think understanding how this hex swirl works and what role it plays within the planet will help us understand this and other planets "mysteries"

[Phil6590]

Kinda really disappointed this is naturally occuring

[Lemptuse]

Thanks

[AALSHERRI]

In order to understand the secret behind the hexagonal shape in nature search youtube for "The Sign in 19: Structure of Energy" by Dr. Zaid.

[AlexanderIlli]

Well done!