First Extraterrestrial Hurricane Discovered

Scientists peering over old and recent images of the gas giant Neptune, the eight planet from the Sun, were recently amazed to discover an eerily familiar pattern in the way clouds at the planet's south pole were behaving. Their analysis revealed that the region was at the mome... [ read more >> ]

Images showing the hurricane raging on at Neptune's south pole

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Images showing the hurricane raging on at Neptune's south pole