The planet Saturn, the second largest in our solar system, has published an incredible image that shows us something that many people did not know about it, but something that also explains a lot about its evolution. More precisely, based on the data and images collected/made by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists managed to create a simulation of how the magnetic fields of the planet Saturn look at this moment.
The planet Saturn has symmetrical magnetic fields around its axis of rotation, something that is not exactly found in every planet in the solar system, especially when it comes to such large ones. Exceptions for this symmetry would exist around the north/south poles that the planet Saturn has, or at least that's what the scientists managed to observe based on the data that was collected by the Cassini spacecraft while it was in the orbit of the planet.
Planet Saturn: Incredible Image, Huge Secret Revealed
The planet Saturn has only been simulated here based on the retrieved data, but scientists say that direct observation of the poles would be needed for all the information to be confirmed or denied. Even if this simulation is not 100% accurate, scientists still show us something that until now even NASA has not presented to a similar extent for the planet Saturn, and this says a lot about how it has evolved so far.
The planet Saturn has not been monitored by the Cassini spacecraft for about 4 years, and there is no other mission currently scheduled to send a spacecraft near it. The focus is now on Jupiter, larger than the planet Saturn, but also apparently much more interesting, with its moons targeted for monitoring with the Juno spacecraft, sent by NASA for some time to record data and images from its vicinity.
The planet Saturn still has many secrets not revealed by scientists, but more exploration is needed so that they can be explained by them.
