Fantasizing about interplanetary exploration is a fun mental exercise, but the harsh realities of life (or lack thereof) in our Solar System is for good reason.
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On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and an atomic clock in a lab.
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That’s also true for the other moons that provide the gravitational stress. As a result, the internal oceans may actually ...
On 23 November, skywatchers were stunned as Saturn looked strangely bare in the night sky, a rare cosmic moment that made its iconic rings almost vanish from view ...
Saturn’s rings appeared to disappear on November 23 due to a rare optical illusion. The phenomenon, which occurs every 13 to 15 years, happens when the rings line up perfectly edge-on with our planet.
About 400 years ago, astronomers observing Saturn through telescopes were baffled when its rings seemed to vanish.