Gaps in the soup of high-energy particles near the orbits of two of Saturn’s tiny moons indicate that Saturn may be surrounded by undiscovered, near-invisible partial rings. A paper in the February issue of the journal Icarus suggests that the larger saturnian moons may not be the only ones contributing material to Saturn's ring system. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

New observations by a spacecraft suggest Saturn's second-largest moon may be surrounded by rings. If confirmed, it would the first time a ring system has been found around a moon. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Saturn: jewel of the solar system, taker of breaths, ringed beauty. Even veteran astronomers can't help but gasp when they see her through a small telescope.

Red Alert: Saturn's rings are vanishing.

Around the world, amateur astronomers have noticed the change; Saturn's wide open rings are rapidly narrowing into a thin line. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The discovery of more oddly shaped gaps in Saturn's rings strengthens the case that one of the planet's moons was smashed to bits in an ancient collision. Shaped like airplane propellers, the gaps likely formed when "moonlets" as large as football stadiums plowed through Saturn's ring particles while orbiting the planet. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Saturn is now at its best in our late-winter sky. It appears below and to the left of the conspicuous "sickle" or backwards question-mark pattern of stars marking the head and mane of the constellation of Leo, the Lion.

What we see with the naked eye is a bright yellowish-white "star" shining with a steady light. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

The formation of strange flying-saucer-shaped moons embedded in Saturn's rings have baffled scientists. New findings suggest they're born largely from clumps of icy particles in the rings themselves, an insight that could shed light on how Earth and other planets coalesced from the disk of matter that once surrounded our newborn sun. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Scientists have gotten their best “look” ever at the invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in Saturn’s giant magnetic field, finding that it is asymmetric and dynamic, unlike similar rings that appear around Earth. Includes VIDEO. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

One of Saturn's rings does housecleaning, soaking up material gushing from the fountains on Saturn's tiny ice moon Enceladus, according to new observations from the Cassini spacecraft. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Saturn's shimmering rings may be as old as the solar system, scientists said Wednesday, debunking earlier theories that the rings were formed during the dinosaur age. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Scientists appear to have solved a long-standing mystery about the cause of anomalies in Jupiter's gossamer rings. In a new study published, they report that a faint extension of the outermost ring beyond the orbit of Jupiter's moon Thebe, and other observed deviations from an accepted model of ring formation, result from the interplay of shadow and sunlight on dust particles that make up the ring... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

This 3D movie was made from a sequence of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it crossed the plane of Saturn's main rings. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

An invisible donut of trapped, hot particles surrounding Saturn is all bent out of shape--a finding that astronomers can't yet explain. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

The story goes, if you want to make sure they are faithful give them a ring that comes apart if they take it off! Puzzle rings are great and these are wedding quality. picked by sabrnig 2 years ago

Cassini scientists may have identified the source of one of Saturn's more mysterious rings. Saturn's G ring likely is produced by relatively large, icy particles that reside within a bright arc on the ring's inner edge. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The groundbreaking discovery was made after analysis of instruments on the US-European Cassini probe, the spacecraft that has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 following a 3.5 billion-kilometer (2.2 billion miles) voyage. picked by AfroMosHi 3 weeks ago

So these two morons continue to attempt to grab fame by acting like idiots on The View.

I am submitting this headline - it is real. BUT I am linking it to an actual cool story about new stuff we have discovered about Saturn's rings.

Hopefully, we can all ignore the two clowns and they will just go away. picked by Moe 1 year ago

Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Astronomers have captured their first glare-free glimpse of Uranus's rings since they were first photographed more than 20 years ago by the Voyager spacecraft. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

High resolution observations of Saturn's radio emissions have just been made public by NASA. Listen to NASA's Saturn radio emissions, then listen to the classic 1956 science fiction movie Forbidden Planet. The similarities are startling. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

NASA has released photos taken over the past few months from its Cassini spacecraft as it orbits around Saturn. Site includes high-res images that make for dandy wallpaper. picked by Wingnut 1 year ago