Saturn’s aurora acts as a localized energy source that drives winds and currents in a stable feedback system, producing the illusion of changing rotation.

For years, Saturn made no sense. Measure its rotation rate using radio signals from its aurora and you get one number.

Saturn’s northern lights heat one side of the planet’s upper atmosphere and drive winds that mimic changes in its spin.

Back in 2004, Cassini noticed that Saturn's rotation rate was slowly changing. But this was not possible as planets are not ...

How do Saturn’s northern lights drive the planet’s atmospheric winds? This conundrum has baffled scientists for decades, but ...

for years, the measurements didn't add up - now scientists have just revealed why.

In A Nutshell Scientists have struggled for decades to measure Saturn’s rotation because the radio signals they rely on keep ...

Researchers at Northumbria University have used the most powerful space telescope ever built to answer one of the longest-standing puzzles in planetary science—why does Saturn appear to spin at a ...

For decades, scientists have been puzzled by a strange observation about Saturn. Depending on how it was measured, the planet seemed to spin at slightly different speeds. This didn’t make sense, ...

Learn how winds in Saturn's upper atmosphere power a continuous aurora, creating misleading changes in the planet's rotation rate.