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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. Dear God by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I read it as "Saturn Has a Worm Hole" and I was like "Dear God!" Not that a warm pole is a bad news, but discovering a worm hole (a theoretical distortion of space-time in a region of the universe that would link one location or time with another, through a path that is shorter in distance or duration than would otherwise be expected) would be an outsnadning breakthrough. For anyone interested, more info here.

    --
    Sincerely,
    Pan Tarhei Hosé, PhD.
    "Homo sum et cogito ergo odi profanum vulgus et libido."
    1. Re:Dear God by Bucky_the_AV_Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Exactly how I read it too....glad I'm not the only one.