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I favorited a YouTube video: How would the Earth look like if it had a ring system like Saturn? --- 3ds Max animation. (Read More)
StarDate:
Mimas, one of the largest moons of Saturn, shows the scars of billions of years of impacts by rocky debris in this close-up view from the Cassini spacecraft, with Saturn's rings in the background. . (Read More)
APOD:
Saturn After EquinoxThe other side of Saturn's ring plane is now directly illuminated by the Sun.For the previous 15 years, the southern side ofSaturnand its rings were directly illuminated, but sinceSaturn's equinox in Augus (Read More)
Planetary Radio - The Planetary Society:
The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee report was released October 22nd. Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman provides his perspective in this week's show. Bill Nye says something very strange is (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
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On Wednesday, October 28th, NASA launched its Ares I-X prototype vehicle, the first launch from Kennedy's pads of a vehicle other than the space shuttle since the Apollo Program's Saturn rockets were retired. NASA's Constella (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
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Sir Isaac Newton would be amazed by this awesome video, showing Saturn moons causing waves as they orbit near its F Ring. These images can only be taken every 15 years, during Saturn's equinox. Thankfully, Cassini is there no (Read More)
SlashGear:
I am a big fan of people with way more time to play than I have who take things and turn them into things you might not expect. A guy named James Ian Killinger has taken a Sega Saturn flight controller and hacked the controll (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
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Back when I was a kid I found an old atlas that had been on the family shelves since the early 1900’s. I used to browse through it looking at all the places that had changed. The map of eastern Europe was, as you can imagine, (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
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My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles.--Children everywhere, up until very recentlyTaking a look at the new ring discovered around Saturn made me realize something. Most of us don't realize how full of crap our (Read More)
Submitted by eemorningwood
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In tonight’s episode Raj works alongside Sheldon on “The Dark Matter Problem”. In my opinion this is the biggest problem in physics today that we have a hope of solving.Vera Rubin discovers galactic dark matter. Physicist (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
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The following new images taken by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on the Cassini spacecraft are now available:Titan's North Polar Hood (Released 5 October 2009)This ultraviolet view of Titan shows the moon's north polar h (Read More)
NASA Breaking News:
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn -- by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings. (Read More)
Submitted by ceoworld
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General Motors said Wednesday that it would shut down its Saturn division by next year after Penske Automotive Group abruptly cut off talks to acquire the brand.Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) said Wednesday that it termin (Read More)
APOD:
Saturn at EquinoxHow would Saturn look if its ring plane pointed right at the Sun?Before last month, nobody knew. Every 15 years, as seen from Earth,Saturn's ringspoint toward the Earth andappear to disappear.The disappearin (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
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Cassini provides us with a unique look at Saturn. Click for a slightly larger version (full res link below). Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Cassini provides us with another unique look at Saturn.Click here for a fu (Read More)
Submitted by digiphile
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A two and a half mile high wall in the rings of Saturn. Full res link below. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science InstituteThe Cassini spacecraft has made new findings about the Saturn ring system. Up to now the thinking has bee (Read More)