Culture Buzz Cosmic eye candy. This week marks the anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope way back in 1990. Thanks, Hubble, for providing us with “whoa” fodder for 22 years!
Science Buzz What the rings would look like from different cities and latitudes across the world. It's interesting to imagine how it would effect culture throughout time. It would have influenced religion, mythology, navigation, and countless other aspects of human history.
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It’s like the planet is crying out for us to STOP with all the “Put A Ring On It” jokes. Or it just hate physics.
Science Buzz So pretty. So deadly. Last year a storm erupted in Saturn's northern hemisphere. Over the course of several months it spread until in encompassed over 36,000 miles…the circumference of the Earth is only 24,901.55 miles.
The Cassini spacecraft recorded thousands of images as it approached Saturn in 2004 and thousands more since entering orbit. Recently, some of these images have been digitally compiled into this astounding video.
The Cassini space probe flew by Saturn and took photos of its moon, Mimas. Due to its 88 mile wide crater, Mimas bears a striking resemblance to the Death Star, presumably poised near Saturn in order to blow it up.
Scientists are trying to figure out what this weird blue glow over Saturn could possibly be. Photos captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show a blue-green glow near Saturn's north pole unlike any other astronomers have ever seen.