A Peek Inside Saturn's Enormous (and Unexpected) Swirling Storm A storm nearly as wide as the Earth showed up on Saturn in December, and it still rages in the planet's normally storm-free atmosphere.

A colossal storm that raged on Saturn in 2010 and 2011 churned water ice up from deep within the ringed planet's thick atmosphere, a new study reports. NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected the ice ...

On Earth, this kind of storm can leave towns and cities in ruin, as the 174 mph Hurricane Katrina winds demonstrated. For Saturn's storm, which has been brewing since before Katrina, try almost ...

Cassini captures Saturn and its moons 31 photos. NASA's Cassini probe survived its second pass between Saturn and its innermost rings earlier this week, giving scientists increasing confidence the ...

The storm wrapped completely around Saturn at its peak and is the longest-lived storm ever seen on the ringed planet. It began in December 2010 and lasted about 200 days, finally sputtering out in ...

The monster storm on Saturn emerged in the ringed planet's northern hemisphere on Dec. 5, 2010. It started out as a tiny spot but grew rapidly, completely encircling the planet by late January ...

Now scientists take us inside that storm for the first time, using satellite images. The storm affected several layers in Saturn’s thick, gas atmosphere, and its clouds whirled around a central ...

A NASA spacecraft orbiting Saturn has captured an amazing view of lightning in broad daylight on the ringed planet -- bright blue spots inside a giant storm that raged on the planet last year.

The storm’s 200-day active period also makes it the longest-lasting planet-encircling storm ever seen on Saturn. The previous record holder was an outburst sighted in 1903, which lingered for ...

Saturn storms are complex, involving heat welling up from the interior (which this storm had in spades), winds from higher and lower latitudes, and Saturn’s vast and powerful Coriolis force ...