News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 month ago
Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn -- by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings. The new belt lies at the far reaches of the Saturnian system, with an orbit tilted 27 degrees from the main ring plane. The...
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| about 1 month ago
JPL spokeswoman Whitney Clavin said the ring, a thin array of ice and dust particles, is very diffuse and doesn't reflect much visible light but the infrared Spitzer telescope was able to detect it. Although the ring dust is very cold -- minus 316...