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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
Saturn's rings are way younger than the planet itself… and they're disappearing.
Phil Plait

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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
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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
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
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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)
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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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We now know the most likely place to find aliens
Elizabeth Rayne
Jul 3, 2018
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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
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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
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Star Stuff: Saturn is a work of art and I am here for it
Sep 14, 2017
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Commemorating Cassini at Saturn: A gallery of wonders
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Sep 13, 2017
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Titanic Occultation
Phil Plait
Sep 7, 2017
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Titan tries to hide behind Saturn’s rings in this image from 2012. Note the visible bluish haze layer in Titan’s upper atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
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Titan's calm seas mean a smooth landing for future missions 
Elizabeth Rayne
Jul 13, 2017
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