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Saturn’s Rings Appear to Disappear

By |2025-04-29T09:09:10-04:00April 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Where are Saturn's ears? Galileo is credited, in 1610, as the first person to see Saturn's rings. Testing out Lipperhey's recently co-invented telescope, Galileo did not know what they were and so called them "ears". The mystery deepened in 1612, when Saturn's ears mysteriously disappeared. Today we know exactly what [...]

Rings Around the Ring Nebula

By |2024-04-28T09:09:13-04:00April 28th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day The Ring Nebula (M57) is more complicated than it appears through a small telescope. The easily visible central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably deep exposure - a collaborative effort combining data from three different large telescopes - explores the looping filaments of glowing gas extending much [...]

Moon and Smoke Rings from Mt. Etna

By |2024-04-22T09:09:17-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Yes, but can your volcano do this? To the surprise of some, Mt. Etna emits, on occasion, smoke rings. Technically known as vortex rings, the walls of the volcano slightly slow the outside of emitted smoke puffs, causing the inside gas to move faster. A circle of low pressure develops [...]

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