Marquette, Kansas // Jaxson Pohlman

Red Pandas are just too cute! :-)

A photo of Saturn. Took by Cassini with COISS on September 17, 2007 at 08:33:22. Detail page on OPUS database.

1995, picture by Enver Hirsch

Space View by (Caras Ionut)

Vík í Mýrdal - Iceland (by Eric Montfort) 

by daniel_ernst

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by: Rishad

The relative sizes of a number of objects, including the three (known) members of Alpha Centauri triple system and some other stars for which the angular sizes have also been measured with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at the ESO Paranal Observatory. The Sun and planet Jupiter are also shown for comparison. Credit: ESO

March 2, 1979 – Astonishing glimpses of planet Jupiter made by the Voyager 1 space probe. (NASA)

Hubble Reveals The Beauty And Mystery Of Saturn’s Rings

“Right now, in Earth’s skies, Saturn appears at its biggest and brightest. Just look to the southeastern skies (from the northern hemisphere), slightly east of bright Jupiter. With Earth between the Sun and Saturn, it’s poised for spectacular viewing. But the true star of Saturn is its main rings, now tilted for excellent views.”

I wish we had a dedicated mission, constantly, for each of the outer planets. There’s so much out there to explore and learn about, and there’s no view like the view from actually being there. But in the absence of that, the Hubble Space Telescope is a very, very pleasing consolation prize, capable of imaging these worlds every year at incredible resolution, even from over a billion kilometers away.

Take a look at these views of Saturn, and marvel at the incredible ring system. If you want to see it for yourself, now’s the perfect time!