News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
Saturn, with her majestic rings and mysterious icy moons, has long captured the imagination. This week, images from the Cassini spacecraft revealing the secrets of the ringed planet went on display at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.
News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
Just once every 15 years, Saturn approaches its equinox — when the sun passes through the plane of the planet's rings. One year on Saturn is equal to 29.5 Earth years. Twice during that period Saturn aligns with the sun so that the flat plane of...
News Source: io9
| 5 months ago
It's the shadow of Mimas, one of Saturn's moons, and its appearance means we're getting closer to Saturn's equinox, when it'll be spring in the North and the rings will go dark. Saturn's equinox only happens about once every fifteen years, and it's...