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A stunning new photo of Saturn reveals the planet's summer and winter in remarkable clarity
Astronomers released a gorgeous photo of Saturn this week, the planet's third annual portrait by NA…
Susie Neilson
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Astronomers discover whirling electric winds at Saturn's north pole, solving a decades-old NASA mystery
Saturn's aurora borealis, unlike auroras on other planets, is driven by a powerful weather system. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Mysterious 'ghostly' shadows larger than planet Earth reappeared on Saturn's rings. NASA says it expects even more to appear soon.
NASA's Hubble telescope spotted mysterious spots on Saturn's rings that scientists have puzzled ove…
Jessica Orwig
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Saturn's gravitational pull shredded an ancient moon, creating its iconic rings and unusual tilt, new research suggests
One of Saturn's icy moons may have been ripped apart 160 million years ago, a new study suggests. T…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The length of Saturn's day is still a mystery, but a doomed space probe may soon find out
"With the magnetic field we'll be able to get, for the first time, we hope, the length of a day for…
Dave Mosher
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An astronomer's colorful animation shows how Saturn's disappearing rings act like a 'mini solar system'
If you unfurled Saturn's rings into lines, all the planets in the solar system could line up comfor…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Here's What It Would Look Like If Saturn Flew Past Earth Closer Than The Moon
This month Saturn is closer to the Earth then it will be all year, making it appear particularly br…
Corey Adwar
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NASA released a remarkable 'mosaic' image of Saturn as a farewell to its $3.26 billion Cassini mission
"For 37 years, Voyager 1's last view of Saturn has been, for me, one of the most evocative images e…
Jeremy Berke
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Crazy Image Shows How Earth Compares To Saturn's Rings
The sixth planet from the sun, Saturn is famous for flaunting the largest, most extensive, and argu…
Jessica Orwig
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Crazy Image Shows How Tiny Earth Is Compared To Saturn's Rings
The sixth planet from the sun, Saturn is famous for flaunting the largest, most extensive, and argu…
Jessica Orwig
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Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn are clustering in the night sky in a rare, three-planet conjunction event. Here's how to see it on Monday.
Jupiter and Saturn recently aligned closer in the sky than they had in centuries. Now, Mercury has …
Aylin Woodward
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20 new moons were just discovered orbiting Saturn, and you can help name them
The researchers observed the new moons with the Subaru telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. They cou…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch Jupiter-Saturn conjunction at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bengaluru
"We have set up telescopes in our premises to watch the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on Mon…
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Photos reveal Jupiter and Saturn aligned in the sky as a 'Christmas star' that hadn't been seen for 800 years
On Monday, Jupiter and Saturn appeared the closest they'd been in the sky since 1226. Photos show t…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA will destroy a $3.26 billion Saturn probe this summer to protect an alien water world
Maize was referring to a warm, saltwater ocean that Cassini found hiding beneath the icy crust of E…
Dave Mosher
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Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer in the sky than they have for 800 years on Monday, aligning as a 'double planet.' Here's how to see it.
On Monday, December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will be the closest they've been in the sky since the ye…
Aylin Woodward
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This is the closest-ever photo of a 'wavemaker moon' that hides out in Saturn's rings
Because two icy moons of Saturn, Enceladus and Titan, are dripping with water and thus promising pl…