Storm the size of a planet
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spotteda gigantic storm two-thirds the size of Earth. Fortunately, the 8000-kilometre-wide storm is raging on Saturn’s south pole. It is the first storm seen in the solar system, other than on Earth, that has a well-defined wall of towering clouds ringing a dark eye.
Mars probe calls time
Maybe it decided enough was enough. Sent on a two-year mission 10 years ago, the Mars Global Surveyor worked valiantly overtime, sending back more information about Mars than all earlier missions combined. NASA lost contact with the probe on 5 November. Its…
