The Truth About Saturn’s Rings: Are They Really Disappearing by 2025?
Saturn’s rings, now visible, will seem to disappear in 2025 due to a regular astronomical phenomenon but will reappear thereafter. The current period is ideal…
Saturn’s rings, now visible, will seem to disappear in 2025 due to a regular astronomical phenomenon but will reappear thereafter. The current period is ideal…
A Lancaster University PhD student has measured the optical depth of Saturn’s rings using a new method based on how much sunlight reached the Cassini…
What are some skywatching highlights in November 2023? The Leonid meteors peak, Saturn sits in the celestial sea, and Venus and Jupiter are visible on…
Observations of Saturn by University of Leicester planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the famous ringed planet. A team of planetary…
Saturn’s rings may have formed from a collision between two icy moons millions of years ago, according to supercomputer simulations by NASA. This discovery provides…
Saturn will be in opposition on August 26-27, 2023, appearing brighter. With the right equipment, viewers can discern its rings. Additionally, a Super Blue Moon…
Megastorms leave marks on Saturn’s atmosphere for centuries. Researchers have discovered long-lasting megastorms on Saturn, similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, through the study of…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided unique near-infrared imagery of Saturn on June 25, 2023. The observations highlighted Saturn’s atmospheric characteristics, revealed intricate details of…
With the Cassini spacecraft, built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, safely in orbit around Saturn, science takes center stage, beginning with the dramatic descent of…
In 1997 an ambitious international mission, led by NASA’S Jet Propulsion Laboratory, launches to Saturn. The goal is to place a spacecraft around the planet…
NASA’s Cassini mission data suggests that Saturn’s rings are young, possibly only a few hundred million years old, and could disappear in a similar timescale….
Scientists have discovered 62 new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing its total to 145 and surpassing Jupiter’s count of 95. Using a technique called “shift and…
Scientists unveil solutions to enigmatic radar characteristics of Jupiter and Saturn’s moons A collaborative investigation led by Dr. Jason Hofgartner, Senior Research Scientist at the…
An international team of astronomers has found 62 new moons around Saturn using an innovative technique. These irregular moons contribute to Saturn’s total moon count…
CU Boulder study reveals that Saturn’s rings are much younger than the planet itself at around 400 million years old, but their origin remains a…
A new NASA study offers an explanation of how quakes could be the source of the mysteriously smooth terrain on moons circling Jupiter and Saturn….
NASA’s Dragonfly Team Soars through Major Design Review The Dragonfly mission, led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), recently passed the weeklong Preliminary…
A new NASA mission to Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is due to launch in 2027. When it arrives on the giant moon in the mid-2030s,…