US Space Agency NASA Makes A First-Ever Discovery Of Polar Cyclone On Uranus

NASA has announced that their scientists have discovered a polar cyclone on Uranus. The announcement was made after examining radio waves emitted by the planet.

“The findings confirm a broad truth about all planets with substantial atmospheres in our solar system: Whether the planets are composed mainly of rock or gas, their atmospheres show signs of a swirling vortex at the poles,” NASA said in a press release.

Previously, the images from NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft had shown winds at the polar centre spinning faster than over the rest of the pole.

This time, the scientists looked beneath Uranus's clouds and discovered that the air moving at the north pole appeared to be particularly warm and dry. This was a characteristic of a powerful cyclone, according to NASA.

According to the space agency, cyclones have now been identified at the pole of every planet in the solar system apart from Mercury.

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