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"The Rings Held The Answer": How We Finally Figured Out Saturn's Day Length In 2019
Figuring out the day length of Earth is more complicated than you might imagine. While on average a day is 24 hours long, ...
Webb Captures First Direct Image of Alien Planet Carving Cosmic Rings
James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...
Rare Titan Shadow transits to cross Saturn in Summer 2025
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, casts its shadow across the gas giant in a series of rare shadow transits. This unique ...
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The brightest planets in July's night sky: How to see them (and when)
Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...
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James Webb Telescope Debuts New Trick: Blocking Out Stars and Photographing Their Planets
Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, ...
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Shocking images reveal last thing NASA spacecraft saw before plunging into Saturn's atmosphere
The final snap was of Saturn itself, even capturing where the spacecraft would ultimately plunge to its final destination. Explaining that impressive final photo, NASA said: "This monochrome view is ...
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JWST Has Discovered Its First Exoplanet – And It’s A Baby Saturn-Sized One!
F rom the very beginning, JWST was shown to be a revolutionary instrument for the study of exoplanets, detecting intriguing ...