Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Scientists: Saturn winds are powered by storms

Scientists: Storms power winds on Saturn (AP)

This view of Saturn taken by cameras aboard the Cassini spacecraft was released by NASA on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. Scientists from the California Institute of Technology said on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, that they now believe rotating storms known as eddies are driving Saturn's jet stream winds, not the other way around. (AP Photo/NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratories)AP - Scientists say they now believe rotating eddies are driving Saturn's jet stream winds, not the other way around.


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