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2 days ago · ALSO SEE: Supermoon Occults Saturn In Rare Event, Photographers Release Incredible Pictures. Watch Saturn emerge from behind the moon in real-time. The only editing done to this clip was brightening the shadows since Saturn was so much darker than the full moon. This was captured using an infrared filter which is why it’s a b&w clip.
6 days ago · Saturn is a rather rare destination for space missions. The first spacecraft to visit the ringed planet was NASA's Pioneer 11, launched in 1973. It acquired low-resolution images of Saturn and discovered the thin F ring.
Sep 19, 2024 · Saturn Saturn and its spectacular rings, in a natural-color composite of 126 images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on October 6, 2004. The view is directed toward Saturn's southern hemisphere, which is tipped toward the Sun. Shadows cast by the rings are visible against the bluish northern hemisphere, while the planet's shadow is projected on the rings to the left.
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Sep 16, 2024 · Saturn’s ethereal halo is made up of the fragments of an icy moon. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI. Saturn is best-known for its eye-popping rings, which sweep 175,000 miles from the planet. Scientists ...
Sep 7, 2024 · Afterward, for the rest of 2024, Saturn will remain visible in the evening sky. It’ll finally disappear in the sunset glare in February 2025. Date and time of opposition: 5 UTC on September 8 ...
Sep 7, 2024 · Saturn reaches opposition Sept. 8, appearing bigger and brighter in the night sky. Viewers can also catch a glimpse of the planet's rings before they turn edge on and "disappear" from view in ...
Sep 1, 2024 · All About Saturn. The planet with beautiful rings . explore; Make a CD Saturn. Turn an old CD into Saturn's rings. ... Gallery of NASA Solar System Images.