(NEXSTAR) — The sky has already graced us with a total lunar eclipse and a rare planetary alignment, but we’ll soon have the chance to witness another peculiar celestial event: the disappearance of ...
The rings of Saturn could be much older than previously believed, possibly as old as the planet itself. In 2004, when NASA's Cassini probe arrived to study Saturn, it discovered that the ice chunks ...
Saturn's iconic rings disappear into shadow in a gorgeous image by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. That shadow, cast by Saturn itself, extended far beyond the rings for years after Cassini reached the ...