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Saturn Has a Warm Pole

Posted by Hemos on from the like-forgotten-earth dept.

Artifex writes "Astronomers using infrared imaging capabilities at Keck Observatory in Hawaii have discovered that Saturn's "south" pole is warm - the first warm pole detected in the solar system. "

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  1. Warm pole? by base3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I swear, sometimes the jokes just write themselves!

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  2. $PLANET has a warm pole... by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it'd been Uranus, I think I woulda called in sick today.

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