If you were to pick Saturn out of a lineup you’d probably recognize it by its iconic rings. They’re the biggest, brightest rings in our solar system. Extending over 280,000 km from the planet ...
One of the highlights to be found in this month’s Colorado sky is the golden-hued planet Saturn which can be seen forming an ...
I WRITE to call the attention of observers to the present appearance of the inner dusky ring of Saturn. Although the ring is not very open, only permitting that portion near the ends to be seen on ...
The recent success of NASA's laser communication test represents a paradigm shift in space technology. Traditionally, space ...
While Saturn won't lose its rings, they will go edge-on, making them essentially invisible to observers on Earth. NASA's Amy Simon notes that the rings will only be faintly visible in the months ...
Astronomers have finally found an asteroid keeping pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called Trojan asteroids, are already known for the other three giant planets.
You can see the rolling Martian hills below, and a relatively faint Earth high in Mars' atmosphere ... of our vivid blue ...
In many cases, he applies dynamical methods to Saturn ... ring material. Drawing on the analogy with proto-planets embedded in the disk of an early solar system, he is continuing to study the effects ...
In the annals of game console history, the Sega Saturn is probably the most convoluted system of all time, even giving the Playstation 3 a run for its rings ... its high price and ultimately ...
This story is kind of like that. Three years after Ian Bearer departed the band that is apparently “the Lucas Mann project,” better known as Rings of Saturn, he’s landed in another band, namely ...
You’ll need a small telescope to make out Saturn’s ring pattern. This almost-full moon will occult Saturn from some parts of Asia and Africa, with full details and a useful map provided by In ...
This month is the last chance to see Saturn's rings for at least the next few years due to its position in relation to the Earth. Saturn will be very easy to spot tonight (Monday, October 14) as it ...