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S A T U R N. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Ian Regan
Take a stunning 250,000-kilometer-long video tour of Saturn's rings
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The Day the Moon ate Saturn
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Saturn slips behind the Moon in this still frame from a video of the Moon occulting the ringed planet. Credit: Edwin Quail
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NASA will be sending a quadcopter called Dragonfly to Titan
Phil Plait
Jun 28, 2019
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Artwork of the dual-quadcopter Dragonfly sitting on the surface of Saturn’s huge moon Titan. Credit: JHUAPL / Michael Carroll
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Saturn’s rings are hiding moons shaped like frozen ravioli. Here’s why.
Elizabeth Rayne
May 9, 2019
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NASA image of Saturn and its ring moons
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Even Game of Thrones can’t beat the 22-year winter on Saturn’s moon
Elizabeth Rayne
Apr 24, 2019
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The Night King from Game of Thrones
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Hubble lights up Saturn’s aurorae
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Apr 12, 2019
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An aurora glows in ultraviolet light in this composite image of Saturn taken by Hubble in 2017 and 2018. Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, J. DePasquale (STScI), L. Lamy (Observatoire de Paris)
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How long is a day on Saturn?
Phil Plait
Jan 28, 2019
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This magnificent view of Saturn was created using images taken by Cassini on October 28, 2016, and merged into a mosaic by Ian Regan. Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Ian Regan
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Saturn's rings are way younger than the planet itself… and they're disappearing.
Phil Plait
Jan 21, 2019
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Artist drawing of Cassini as it readies to pass between the inner rings and Saturn’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Are Saturn's rings dying?
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Dec 20, 2018
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Cassini gives us more Saturn from beyond the veil
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Oct 10, 2018
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Artist drawing of Cassini as it readies to pass between the inner rings and Saturn’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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A planet and a blooming trifid by a lagoon
Phil Plait
Sep 14, 2018
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Sagittarius is a richly populated area of the sky, evidenced by this stunning image of nebulosity and stars… and a visitor. Credit: Roberto Colombari
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Cassini totally just won an Emmy
Elizabeth Rayne
Sep 13, 2018
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Cassini image of Saturn
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No, that’s *NOT* the last photo of Saturn from Cassini
Phil Plait
Sep 4, 2018
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Artwork — yes, ARTWORK — depicting a view “over the shoulder” of the Cassini spacecraft during one of the last dives toward Saturn it made before the end of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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New stunning infrared maps see through Titan’s haze
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Aug 31, 2018
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Spectacular maps of the surface of Saturn’s huge moon Titan crated using infrared images from Cassini that can see the surface through the thick atmospheric haze. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Nantes/University of Arizona
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Double Hubble Planets
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Aug 1, 2018
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Saturn’s moons, labeled in this Hubble image. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, and J. DePasquale (STScI)
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Listen to the eerie wail of an icy moon of Saturn
Phil Plait
Jul 23, 2018
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Radio waves emitted by Saturn’s moon Enceladus graphed as frequency (vertical axis) versus time. Colors represent intensity (strength of radio waves, or volume of sound). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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