Today (Feb. 17), an annular solar eclipse will commence its journey across a remote region of Antarctica where it will be visible to more penguins than people. The partial solar eclipse portion of the ...
New NASA supercomputer simulations show that Saturn's rings may have been formed by a 'massive collision' of icy moons. Credits: NASA/Durham University/Glasgow University/Jacob Kegerreis/Luís Teodoro ...
This hypothesis has the advantage of explaining why the rings have a lot of ice and little rock, in contrast to models where a moon strayed inside Saturn’s Roche limit and was pulled apart.
Scientists suggest Titan formed from a giant moon collision that also may explain Saturn’s rings and strange moon orbits.
Astronomers have reported one of the longest stellar dimming events ever recorded, with a Sun-like star fading by 97 percent for nearly 200 days. Astronomers believe one of the longest stellar dimming ...
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From Titan to Enceladus: How Cassini revolutionized our understanding of Saturn’s moons and revealed clues to potential habitability
During its final Grand Finale phase, Cassini performed death-defying maneuvers through Saturn’s rings and over its poles, ...
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