#December2016

Space Swoon: Sunlight Upon Saturn’s North Pole

saturn north pole cassini

Man, Saturn is decently away from the Sun. Like, you know. 888.2 million miles. But that doesn’t mean sunlight can’t illuminate its north pole.

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Space Swoon: Saturn’s Moon Mimas Dwarfed By Its Rings

saturn moon mimas rings

Here’s a gorgeous shot of Saturn’s moon Mimas. If you squint! If you squint, you can see it. ‘Cause this moon is dwarfed by the enormity of the planet’s gorgeous rings.

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Space Swoon: Saturn’s Rings In Gorgeous Detail

Space Swoon: Cassini Captures Saturn From Above

saturn from above

NASA has hit the collective Us with another shot of Saturn from its Cassini spacecraft. This one captures the splendid, bald-ass dome-piece of the Ringed Giant.

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Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon Changed Color from Blue To Orange

saturn's north polar hexagon

No big whup. Just Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon. It’s just changed its color, explicably, from blue to orange. No big whup, it’s just big enough to swallow our planet. And we don’t know why it changed color.

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Space Swoon: Saturn’s moon Pan is small but effective

Space Swoon: Saturn’s Clouds Go Infrared

Space Swoon: The Stars are (not really) out on Saturn

Space Swoon: Saturn’s Moon Enceladus surfs its rings

Space Swoon: Saturn’s moon Enceladus wears its wrinkles with grace