Saturn’s Rings: A Youthful Glow, a Billion-Year History? Table of Contents Saturn’s Rings: A Youthful Glow, a Billion-Year History? Saturn’s Rings: A Youthful Mystery Solved? Saturn’s Rings: Younger Than They Look? A Self-cleaning mechanism Challenging Existing Theories the Future of Ring Research For decades, scientists believed Saturn’s iconic rings were relatively young, a mere 100 … Read more
Get Ready for a Celestial Show: December 2024 Sky Events Stargazers, December 2024 promises to be a month brimming with celestial spectacles. From planetary dances to a spectacular meteor shower, there’s something for everyone to marvel at. The Bosscha Observatory, Indonesia, has teased a lineup of astronomical events, though urging our friends to keep an … Read more
Jakarta – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially recognizes that there are 288 moons on the planets of the solar system. So is it true that Jupiter has the most moons? In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter. These moons are named after figures in Greek mythology, namely Ganymede, Callisto, Io, … Read more
The United States Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA launched a special mission to take a closer look at the Trojan. This mission is called Lucy, which left Earth on October 16, 2021. Launching the official NASA website on Tuesday (10/15/2024), Lucy took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, with the main mission … Read more
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — Researchers found a comet that walked out or was ejected Solar system after passing The planet Saturn at close range. Referring from Space.com, on Friday (2/8), the speed of the comet that threw Saturn out of the solar system reached more than 10,800 kilometers per hour. The celestial body was named … Read more
Hyperion’s average radius is 83.9 miles (135 kilometers), but that’s because Hyperion is shaped like a potato. Experts explain that it is 255 x 163 x 137 miles based on the diameter of its three axes. Because of its strange shape, astronomers believe that Hyperion may be the remains of a larger moon that was … Read more
Jakarta – Titan is Saturn’s largest moon and has energetic rivers, lakes and oceans like Earth. That is stunning as a result of Saturn is the one planet apart from Earth that has such a panorama. Though comparable, the river system on Titan is completely different from Earth as a result of it incorporates methane … Read more
Jakarta – Scientists proceed to seek for life exterior the Earth. Not solely is the seek for planets that will dwell, but in addition areas in our photo voltaic system, within the rings of Jupiter and Saturn. For many years, scientists have speculated whether or not life might exist on a gasoline large like Jupiter. … Read more
Jakarta – Have you ever wondered why planets are round? Why aren’t they just squares, triangles or irregulars? Reported by Space Place, US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a planet can form a world due to gravity. A planet’s gravity pulls mass evenly from all sides to the center, and from the center to … Read more
NASA has officially confirmed the Dragonfly helicopter mission that aims to explore Saturn’s organic-rich moon Titan. This critical decision now paves the way for the mission to move towards the completion of its final design phase, which will be followed by the complex process of building and rigorously testing the entire spacecraft along with its … Read more