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Liquem's Sailor Moon-inspired "Ribbon Rings" are a major highlight of the brand's new collection.Each ring features a color scheme and design that corresponds to one of the series' iconic heroines ...
Ask almost any astronomer, professional or amateur, what got them interested in space and almost every one of them will have a story about the first time they looked through a telescope and saw Saturn ...
This lost moon, the authors of the study say, is responsible for Saturn’s trademark feature: the rings. These astronomers didn’t set out to find a missing moon.
The shredded moon formed Saturn’s rings, and its loss let Saturn’s tilt angle relax a bit to its present-day value of about 27 degrees (3). A doomed moon Credit: E. Otwell, adapted from M. El ...
With its striking rings and tilted axis, Saturn is the showiest planet in the solar system. Now, scientists say they have a new theory as to how Saturn got its signature look.
Daphnis, a small moon of Saturn, sculpts its ring shape. Since the rings are likely made of an old moon, this means that Daphnis is sort of a child of said moon. Or something.
Saturn’s rings are slowly disappearing. The rings will vanish in a few hundred million years as icy material from them rains down on the planet, scientists predict.
Saturn’s rings are 100 million years old and are made up of chunks of water ice. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI Saturn’s rings are one of the most iconic structures in the solar system, but their ...