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March has provided astronomy fans across the globe with plenty to appreciate and there is still a lot to keep an eye out for. Cosmic events including a partial lunar eclipse and dazzling planets ...
Hubble Space Telescope imagery of Saturn, captured from 2018-2024, has been time-lapsed. Footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, Amy ...
Early in October this year, Saturn presented the strange appearance of being entirely without rings, even when viewed in the most powerful of telescopes. No great catastrophe had happened on the ...
Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.
Saturn's famous rings appear to have "disappeared" from view due to a rare planetary event. It was reported that this phenomenon occurred as the ringed giant aligned edge-on with Earth for the ...
Will Saturn's rings return? Wayne Schlingman, PhD, director of the Arne Slettebak Planetarium at The Ohio State University, preps us for Saturn's equinox. If you look in the sky and notice Saturn’s ...
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How Did Saturn Get Its Rings?
Beyond the idea that they're no older than Saturn itself, there's next to no consensus on how the rings of Saturn came to be. What we do know is that the shape and destiny of Saturn's rings are ...
The small moon, which is known as Saturn's "Death Star" moon because of its distinctive crater (not visible in the above image), can be seen floating above the planet's rings. SEE ALSO ...
Rings of Saturn will always carry the taint of the great half-speed recording and Guitar Pro fiascos no matter what they do; they’ll likely be perennially fending off criticism lobbed their way about ...