The secret has been hiding in plain view for 40 years. But it took the insight of a veteran astronomer to pull it all together within a year, using observations of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space ...

NASA released images from the Hubble Space Telescope that captured some ghostly shadows on Saturn’s rings, a phenomenon known as ring "spokes." The images were taken on Oct. 22, 2023, when Saturn was ...

It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is investigating something strange about the beautiful rings around Saturn. You might picture Saturn’s rings as perfectly smooth, but in fact, they have some strange dark ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a newly revealed image of the mysterious, ghostly shadows on Saturn’s rings — the latest sighting of the so-called “spokes” that continue to baffle scientists. The ...

Saturn’s Southern Hemisphere and the southern face of its rings. The telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 used 30 filters to snap these images on March 7, 2003. The filters span a range of ...

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