The Moon will be at its brightest and fullest as it passes by the ringed planet Saturn in the night sky this week. This is the second full Moon of August, making it the year's only Super Blue Moon.
Saturn will meet up the the Super Blue Moon tonight (Aug. 30), with the full moon acting as a perfect guide to spotting the gas giant planet. The Super Blue Moon, the second full moon of this month, ...
August is going out with a big bang – an astronomical doubleheader featuring a super blue moon and Saturn at its closest. The blue moon will actually be silver, given the moniker has nothing to do ...
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An employee at NASA might just have recorded something never before seen in history: an impact event on Saturn. It has been estimated that roughly seven asteroids or comets collide with the ringed ...
Update: The DeTeCt project has announced that the flash was not seen in additional data, so there was no impact on Saturn. Something may have just hit Saturn – and, if so, an amateur astronomer could ...