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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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Hubble lights up Saturn’s aurorae

Phil Plait

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)

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Are Saturn's rings dying?

Phil Plait

Dec 20, 2018

5

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Cassini totally just won an Emmy

Elizabeth Rayne

Sep 13, 2018

1

Cassini image of Saturn

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

New stunning infrared maps see through Titan’s haze

Phil Plait

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Hubble Space Telescope

Double Hubble Planets

Phil Plait

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)

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Hubble Space Telescope

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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We now know the most likely place to find aliens

Elizabeth Rayne

Jul 3, 2018

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NASA image of Enceladus

Tag: search for life

Tag: Bad Astronomy

One last look at Saturn

Phil Plait

Oct 11, 2017

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S A T U R N. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Ian Regan

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Good night, Saturn

Phil Plait

Sep 15, 2017

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A mosaic from some of the last images Cassini ever took of Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Jason Major

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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