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Our universe just got a lot weirder. From planets with rings larger than the Sun to alien worlds where it rains molten iron or glows magenta, NASA’s latest exoplanet discoveries are challenging ...
Astronomers investigate a potential impact on Saturn after a bright flash was caught on camera. NASA image may show first ...
Saturn has seven distinct rings, which are comprised of ice, rocky debris and dust. NASA reports that the gas planet’s signature interstellar hula hoops are going to vanish from view in 18 ...
New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...
Saturn’s rings photographed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 28, 2016. Cassini-Huygens / NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute. In addition to being a quirky product of geometry, ...
In 2013 scientists studying data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft—which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017—read the seismic signatures in the rings and used them to peer inside the planet.
There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing ...
For the first time in 15 years, you can see a game of shadows across Saturn. You won't see it again until 2040.
With its iconic rings, you can pick Saturn out in an instant, but if NASA scientists are right, we might actually be watching the planet’s most eye-catching feature disappearing right in front ...
The final snap was of Saturn itself, even capturing where the spacecraft would ultimately plunge to its final destination. Explaining that impressive final photo, NASA said: "This monochrome view is ...
Saturn's rings are long thought to be between 100 million and 400 million years old based on more than a decade of observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before its demise in 2017.