An amateur astrophotographer captured a remarkable shot showing the International Space Station (ISS) and Saturn in the same frame. [Read More]
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Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy recently traveled to the top of the Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii so he could capture a rare image of Saturn being occulted by the Moon. [Read More]
New photos from Hubble show what scientists call "spokes" across Saturn's rings. First seen by NASA's Voyager in the 1980s, these spokes appear seasonally and scientists still can't fully explain them. [Read More]
Photographer Francisco Sojuel was climbing a volcano when he spotted the moon “dressed up” like Saturn. A thin cloud passing across the front of the Moon made it look like it had rings. The 25-year-old Guatemala City-based photographer was at a basecamp on the Guatemalan volcano Acatenango back on December 24th, 2019, two days before […]
Did you know that you can capture clearer photos of planets by using a red filter? Photographer Andrew McCarthy captured this view of Saturn from his backyard in Sacramento by doing just that. “By putting a red filter over a camera, you can reduce the effects of Rayleigh scattering on an image, giving you crystal […]
On April 26th, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its first-ever “Grand Finale” dive through the gap between Saturn and the planet’s rings. As it shot around the gas giant, Cassini snapped a lengthy series of closest-ever photos showing the features of the atmosphere.