Saturn Burps After Large Storm
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has actually tracked the consequences of an unusual huge storm on Saturn. Data reveal record-setting disruptions in the planet's upper atmosphere long after the noticeable signs of the storm mellowed out, in addition to an indication the storm was more forceful than researchers previously thought. Data from Cassini's composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) instrument disclosed the storm's effective release sent the temperature in Saturn's stratosphere skyrocketing 150 degrees Fahrenheit (83 kelvins) above typical. At the exact same time, researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. , detected a massive rise in the amount of ethylene gas, the origin of which is a puzzle. Ethylene, an odorless, colorless gas, isn't really usually noted on Saturn. On Earth, it is produced by natural and man-made sources. Goddard researchers describe the unmatched belch of energy in a paper to be released in the Nov.
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