A brief flare lit up Saturn during a home telescope recording session in Hampton, Virginia a few weeks ago. The flash appeared between 9:00 and 9:15 UTC. If it marks a real strike, it would be the first time anyone has captured an impact on Saturn on video. The moment is unconfirmed, and that uncertainty matters. A single bright frame …
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Grab your telescope and aim it at Saturn in the early morning hours of Aug. 19 to see Titan’s colossal shadow sweep across the majestic gas giant’s cloud tops. TOP TELESCOPE PICK (Image credit: Jason Parnell-Brookes) Want to see Titan streak across Saturn? The Celestron NexStar 8SE is ideal for beginners wanting quality, reliable and quick views of celestial objects. …
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Monday evening (Aug. 11) offers a perfect chance to identify what many consider the most beautiful object in the night sky: the ringed planet Saturn. Helping guide the way, will be another familiar celestial companion, the moon, shining in its waning gibbous phase. As I’ve pointed out over the years here at Space.com, to the naked eye, Saturn does not …
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Photo of planet Saturn taken in Straßwalchen (Austria) – credit, CC 0.0 Rochus Hess Our solar system’s resident ring-bearer Saturn will be visible with its iconic rings on August 11th-12th. It’s the first time in 15 years that the southern face of Saturn’s rings will reach a tilt of 3″. It will be visible from Earth through a basic telescope, …
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Saturn, Jupiter and Elon Musk: meet the first female astronomer royal The Times UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years BBC Planetary scientist Michele Dougherty made first female UK astronomer royal The Guardian King’s first female astronomy guru believes aliens exist somewhere in the Solar System Daily Star Astronomer Royal: 30th July 2025 GOV.UK Source link
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Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension While using original media will always be the most authentic way of experiencing classic games, in recent years, we’ve seen a rise in the number of Optical Drive Emulators (ODEs) being produced for CD-based consoles – and Saturn has been blessed with several great options. One of the most popular is the Fenrir, a …
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Saturn, the moon and Neptune will be within 5 degrees of each other in the night sky on July 15. (Image credit: Chris Vaughn) Heads up stargazers! The moon will rise close to Saturn and the ice giant Neptune in the eastern sky on the night of July 15, close enough to be seen together in a pair of binoculars! …
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The moon and Saturn, as seen from Kuwait City on October 14, 2024. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP … More via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Look to the east shortly before midnight on Tuesday, July 15, and you’ll see two of the most beautiful objects in the solar system shine together. A waning gibbous moon, by now rising late …
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