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Solar eclipses seen by long-dead Cassini spacecraft shed new light on Saturn's rings
Undoubtedly, of the wonders of the solar system, Saturn's angelic rings stand out as a fan-favorite. And in 1997, with its eye on the prize, the Cassini spacecraft embarked on a seven year voyage ...
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Student deciphers Saturn's ring transparency using old Cassini data
A Ph.D. student from Lancaster University has used historical data from the Cassini spacecraft to calculate the optical depth of Saturn's rings. To avoid doubt, "optical depth" is a measure of the ...
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Goodbye to Saturn’s rings forever – they will disappear as of this date (in a few months)
People thinks over Saturn’s awe-inspiring system of rings that enclose the gas giant to be the most fascinating and iconic ...
7 Incredible images of Saturn from NASA's Cassini orbiter
The Cassini orbiter, a collaborative mission by NASA, ESA, and ASI, provided us with a stunning legacy of Saturn and its intricate system of rings and moons.
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Saturn News
2022 — Scientists have compiled 41 solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings from the Cassini mission. The compilation will inform future investigations of the particle size distribution and ...
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How to see a Saturn ring mirage
Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...
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Michael Benson: reflections on Saturn
Working with data returned by NASA's Cassini Orbiter spacecraft, Benson has created a series of works showing Saturn and its extraordinary ring system. Cassini has been in continual orbit around ...
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Planet Saturn
shows the diminutive moon Mimas transiting across Saturn's northern latitudes, with long shadows cast by the planet's rings. Michael Benson created the image using data returned by NASA's Cassini ...
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'Hydrocarbon Sea': NASA's Cassini Spacecraft discovers massive water body on north pole of Saturn's biggest moon
A recent study utilizing radar experiment data from NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has unveiled fresh insights into the composition and behavior of the liquid hydrocarbon seas near Titan ...
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Webb Telescope’s New Images Of Saturn Are ‘Simply Breathtaking’
Saturn’s northern hemisphere and rings. Planetary scientists using ... in Saturn’s northern hemisphere since NASA’s Cassini mission—which it orbited for 13 years—ended in 2017.
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Spectacular Photos of Space: See Our View of the Universe
The Remarkable Rings (2005): Science’s understanding of Saturn changed forever after the Cassini spacecraft—which ended its long mission in September 2017—began orbiting through the ...
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Saturn Is Close To Its Brightest And Best In 2024 — Here’s When To See It
According to NASA, you should be able to see Saturn's bright moon Titan and its rings through any telescope (preferably one with an aperture of 6 inches/150mm or larger). However, warns the space ...