Giant Blizzard Raging on Saturn

Journal for 5/19

The blizzard happening on Saturn right now is so large and crazy that not only NASA astronomers, but even amateur sky watchers can see it from Earth. In fact, the amateurs are the ones that phoned in the heads up.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is currently orbiting Saturn, so we are receiving the most detailed data ever received on Saturn's storms. Considering we can see it from here, I can't imagine what it must look like up close. So far, the data has showed a turbulent storm that is pulling up material from deep within the atmosphere and covering at least 5 times more area than the biggest blizzard that hit Earth so far this year.

Article: Giant Blizzard Raging on Saturn

Link: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/giant-blizzard-saturn-100429.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29