Researchers have come up with details of voracious cyclones that revolve atop Saturn's northern pole. These are Earth-sized storms with winds topping 300 mph. These cyclones are formed of many smaller storms, which together lead to some of the hugest cyclones in our solar system.

In the beginning, the Cassini spacecraft captured the images of the cyclones. Over ten years ago, the spacecraft started orbiting Saturn. Since then, these storms have amazed planetary scientists. And now, recently the origins of these giant storms were detailed in the journal Nature Geoscience.

According to lead author of the paper on the findings Morgan O'Neill, these storms are beta-drifting slightly prior to sputtering out and dying.

As per O'Neill , "This mechanism means that little thunderstorms - fast, abundant, but not very strong thunderstorms - over a long period of time can actually accumulate so much angular momentum right on the pole, that you get a permanent, wildly strong cyclone".

A team of researchers headed by O'Neill, a scientist at MIT, wanted to find out origin of the formation of these giant cyclones. The scientists reconstructed the unique atmosphere of Saturn by making use of computer models. This was done as atmosphere of Saturn differs a lot from that of Earth.

Storms that occur on Earth are set against a fixed surface. These storms are caused by the plenty of warm water available on the planet.

Dry, gaseous, and more turbulent atmosphere of Saturn indicates that storms over there follow different patterns of development. Scientists considered all this while recreating the conditions that produce Saturn's super cyclones.