NASA’s Cassini mission orbited Saturn from 2004 through 2017. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute New insights about Saturn’s famous ring pattern have come from data collected during solar eclipses at the sixth planet from the sun. Published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a new paper crunches archive data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took this natural-color portrait on July 19, 2013, which is the first … [+] image to show Saturn, its moons and rings, plus Earth, Venus and Mars, all together. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI Saturn’s rings will disappear in 2025. That’s what we’re being told by multiple articles online in what is fast becoming a viral …
Artist’s depiction of an extra-solar system that is crowded with giant planets. NASA/Dana Berry Massive planets like Jupiter—now at its brightest and best in the night sky—can prevent Earth-sized planets from becoming Earth-like by upsetting their orbits and destroying climates. That’s the conclusion of a new paper published today in The Astronomical Journal, which details …
Montage of JWST MIRI/MRS observations of Saturn in November 2022, requiring four tiles to study … [+] Saturn’s northern hemisphere and rings. NASA, ESA, and Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)). Planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have trained it on Saturn to see what happens when summer turns to fall. …
On August 27, 2023, Saturn will be at its closest to the Earth and be visible all night. Getty If you’re yet to see the beautiful rings of Saturn with your own eyes—or you want another look—then it’s time to find a friend with a small telescope. That’s because Saturn is on the cusp of …
Photograph showing the cracks in Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Dated … [+] 2005. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images In the realm of microorganisms, the boundary between life and death can appear incredibly thin. However, certain types of bacteria have managed …
Rivers of liquid methane flow on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon (artist’s impression). getty Among the celestial bodies in our solar system, only two have liquid flowing on their surfaces. While Earth boasts rivers and lakes of liquid water, Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, features rivers of liquid methane shaping its landscape. When we include Mars, which …
Image of Saturn and some of its moons, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam … [+] instrument on June 25, 2023. NASA, ESA, CSA, Matthew Tiscareno (SETI Institute), Matthew Hedman (University of Idaho), Maryame El Moutamid (Cornell University), Mark Showalter (SETI Institute), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Heidi Hammel (AURA) Image Processing Joseph …
A man watches the Perseid meteor shower on the Pamir Plateau on August 13, 2021 in Xinjiang Uygur … [+] Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images From June to September, stargazing in the northern hemisphere can be quite challenging, especially in higher latitudes where it remains light …
The recent discovery of phosphates on Enceladus marks a significant advancement in our understanding of the ocean worlds within our solar system.… [+] system’s ocean worlds. Image: Future Publishing via Getty Images Enceladus, a small moon, has become a focal point for astrobiologists in the search for extraterrestrial life within our solar system. A study …