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Saturn can take a backseat — did NASA just find rings around the Sun?
Elizabeth Rayne
Dec 6, 2019
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How do you calculate the orbit of an object in space?
Phil Plait
Oct 22, 2019
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Saturn and the orbits of many of its moons. Credit: SpaceKit, via Ian Webster
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Could the organic compounds found in the ice on one of Saturn's moons be proof of aliens?
Elizabeth Rayne
Oct 8, 2019
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Enceladus
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Another score for Saturn: 20 newly discovered moons for the ringed planet
Phil Plait
Oct 8, 2019
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Schematic showing the orbits of 20 newly discovered moons around Saturn.
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NASA’s real-life Transformer bot will crawl, fly and swim on Saturn’s bizarre moons 
Elizabeth Rayne
Oct 3, 2019
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Take a stunning 250,000-kilometer-long video tour of Saturn's rings
Phil Plait
Sep 20, 2019
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S A T U R N. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Ian Regan
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The Day the Moon ate Saturn
Phil Plait
Aug 30, 2019
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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
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
Phil Plait
Apr 12, 2019
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?
Phil Plait
Dec 20, 2018
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Cassini gives us more Saturn from beyond the veil
Phil Plait
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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