Mysterious Spokes Moving Along Saturn s Rings Captured by Hubble: What Makes Them?@TheCosmosNews

#thecosmosnews NASA Spots Mysterious Spokes Moving Along Saturn s Rings NASA and ESA s Hubble Space Telescope is investigating a "fascinating magic trick of nature." There s something unusual happening in a new Hubble Space Telescope image of scenic ringed planet Saturn. The view is spectacular on its own, but zoom in on the left side of its rings and look for a couple of dark, shadowy spots. Those are "spokes." The enigmatic spokes appear and disappear seasonally. Saturn experiences four seasons, but it takes a long time to work through them, with each season lasting about seven years. The planet is crawling toward autumnal equinox in its northern hemisphere in early 2025, but it s already entered into what NASA calls "spoke season." It s prime time for Hubble observations to investigate the spokes. Hubble is a joint project from NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA released a video to go along with the new Hubble image. It includes footage showing the spokes rotating around Saturn.