Essay: Saturn – we may finally know when the magnificent rings were formed
In an article first published on The Conversation, space researcher GARETH DORRIAN looks at the findings of a new study on Saturn’s rings…
Do you see what I see? Planetary alignment to create a ‘Christmas star’
RNS A star, a star will dance in the night on 21st December. Actually, it won’t be a star, but the so-called “great conjunction” of two planets – Jupiter and Saturn – creating something similar to what some astronomers suggest the wise men may have seen in the biblical account of the birth of Jesus. PICTURE: Angeles […]
ESSAY: TITAN – FIRST GLOBAL MAP UNCOVERS SECRETS OF A POTENTIALLY HABITABLE MOON OF SATURN
In an article first published on The Conversation, DAVID ROTHERY, professor of planetary geosciences at The Open University, looks at what mapping has revealed about Saturn moon, Titan…
KNOW IT ALL: THE CASSINI MISSION TO SATURN
NASA’s mission exploring Saturn and its moons comes to an end this week as the Cassini spacecraft deliberately dives toward the planet and burns up in its atmosphere. DAVID ADAMS looks back at its 13 year journey…
PHOTOGRAPHY: THE EARTH AS SEEN FROM SPACE
NASA, the US space agency, recently released published a gallery of remarkable images showing the Earth taken from space. Here’s a few of the stunning display…