#saturn's rings

[krakenmare]

Cassini: Pandora orbiting just beyond the outer edge of Saturn's F ring (February 18, 2005)

#cassini huygens #esa #european space agency #nasa #nasa photos #astronomy #astrophotography #solar system #krakenmare #outer space #space #thank you nasa #saturn #pandora #saturn's rings #saturn's moons #2005

[scienceacumen]

Rings of gas giants in our solar system.

#nasa #outer space #astronomy #universo #space science #space exploration #astronomy news #space #james webb telescope #neptune #cassini #saturn's rings #jupitar #jwst #jwst images #a cosmic time machine how the james webb space telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe jwst

[quiltofstars]

Saturn // JorisRobert

#astronomy #astrophotography #solar system #planet #gas giant #saturn #saturn's rings

[malamiteltd]

Holiday Pictures 2023! (part 1)

Happy Holidays, everyone! This year I decided to put together some pictures of various folks. They’re all in a style that makes them seem shorter than usual. I did my best to get them looking good, so apologies if there’s any errors. Admittedly I had only planned to make eight of these, but I had experienced a drive to keep making more – a phenomenon that’s been incredibly rare for me these days – so that number expanded to 16. They’re mostly featuring folks on Twitter that I know, like, and/or admire in some meaningful capacity, so I hope they all like what I’ve put together!

For NS-Games, it’s the “Fix-It Cat” Collin LiBee. A very good friend who’s good with computer problems, and has been making some nice art to boot! He’s wearing his purple shirt today, and showing off a laptop with a familiar wallpaper design.

For PetrarchEleven, it’s his protogen character Ramune! He seems to be having a good time, dancing and waving those glowing batons all around. He just needs to be careful! If he doesn’t watch where he goes he could accidentally fall to pieces!

For Saturn’s Rings and Colonel Sandwich, it’s their respective characters Saturn and Terry, posing together for this one. Early on this year Saturn had asked for a picture of the two together, and this was the opportunity to do it. They are indeed a cute pair!

For Treevis, it’s his character Lytzyv, dashing and looking cool. I think this is the fourth iteration of him that I had made, with little tweaks in design each time. I don’t see too many images of him these days, so hopefully I got all the details down.

For VAdaPEGA, it’s Pantufa the Cat, as he appears in the “Extended Edition” of his game. I always thought he looked good in that attire. But with how small he is, I didn’t think it was enough, so Honker is here as well! It’s a two-fer! (Or maybe a “Toof-er”?)

For Cooper the Husky, we have…Cooper the Husky! He’s got a cute art style and characters to match, so I tried to keep with some of the aesthetic. I particularly liked his “modern outfit,” so that’s what he’s wearing here.

For Miles Fox, it's Charlotte, the main character of his work-in-progress, “SLAY-BELLS!” She seemed like an appropriate character to draw this time of year. I somehow ended up making her look like something from a Rankin-Bass special…which I guess is also appropriate.

For HunterBahamut, this is Hunter. I had drawn Bahamut a few times before, but this is the first time I made this one – I opted for his black-and-white iteration.. I’m not sure if he’s running away from or towards danger, but he sure looks like he’s ready to confront it either way.

Quite a few so far! And we're only halfway through!

#malamite #Collin LiBee #NS-Games #Ramune #protogen #Saturn #Saturn's Rings #Terry #Bomberman #Louie #Rooey #Treevis #Lytzyv #vadapega #pantufa the cat #Honker #Cooper the Husky #HunterBahamut #Hunter #so many little critters #Fix-it Cat

[yesthatgino]

I am such a normal person when I think about the hexagonal storm on Saturn's pole.

You'd look at me and say "he's so stable and normal about this phenomenon we don't understand"

Kalm. Normal. :)

#Saturn #Planets #NASA #Space #saturn's rings

[galactic-quartet]

@team-frustration-boss-zakuyamo

Heh...

Wait

G a l a c t i c w a s c o n c e r n e d I w a s e v i l???

How was it not obvious? Galactic is in our username.

I was looking for evil teams. Your username is "team-frustration-boss-zakuyamo" of course I though you were evil. Evil team name right there!

-I wouldn't say we're evil either but that's our classification. -and we're barely a team now

Also why are you typing like that?

#pokemon irl #pkmn irl #saturn's rings #your asks our answer

[buttercupfestival]

Bows & rings: Buttercup Festival 3-223 

Latest on Patreon May 2nd: More frail wordless comic narratives Apr 20th: April pen & ink sketchbook

#Buttercupfestival #comics #comic #webcomic #webcomics #comicstrip #comicstrips #funny #rainbow #saturn #saturn's rings

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

#Saturn #Saturn's rings #Saturn's hexagon #space #astronomy #astrophotography #religion is a mental illness

[mysticstronomy]

DOES IT RAIN DIAMONDS ON NEPTUNE??

Blog#225

Wednesday, September 7th, 2022

Welcome back,

Earth hosts life. Saturn has rings. Mars is covered in red dust, and Jupiter is enormous. Yes, every planet in the solar system has special features that make it stand out among the rest. Don’t believe us? Just look at Neptune—it’s raining diamonds there!

As the farthest planet from the Sun, Neptune has long been difficult to study. In fact, it’s one of only two in our solar system that can’t be seen with the naked eye. Neptune was also the only planet predicted to exist by mathematicians before it was ever actually seen.

Today, though, people know more about Neptune than ever before. In 1981, scientist Marvin Ross predicted that the planet had diamond rain. He said both ice giants (Neptune and Uranus) may experience this phenomenon. In 2020, an experiment proved it could happen.

To carry out this experiment, researchers at Stanford University modeled the conditions on Neptune inside their lab. They started by applying extreme heat and pressure to polystyrene. Then, they sent shockwaves through the material using a laser.  

Using x-rays, they watched what happened. The elements that make up polystyrene split from each other.

This resulted in carbon and hydrogen atoms. Under pressure, the carbon turned into diamonds before their eyes. Based on these findings, the researchers believe it’s likely that diamonds do indeed rain down on the planet Neptune.

Just imagine! What would it be like to get caught in the middle of a diamond shower on Neptune? No human being can speak to the experience (yet). Still, experts have learned quite a bit about this planet since its discovery in 1846.

On Neptune, a year lasts 60,190 Earth days. However, the farthest planet from the Sun experiences shorter days than we do on Earth. Neptune completes a full rotation once every 16 hours. 

Just how far is Neptune from the Sun? About 2.8 billion miles! In fact, the planet is sometimes farther from the Sun than Pluto is. That’s one reason why human beings have such a hard time studying the planet.

It’s difficult to get there! Only one spacecraft, Voyager 2, has visited Neptune. 

Does that mean Neptune is lonely? Not necessarily. It has five rings and 14 moons to keep it company. However, the planet is not capable of supporting life as we know it.

Originally published on wonderopolis.org

COMING UP!!

(Saturday, September 10th, 2022)

“WHAT IS A GHOST PLANET??”

#Astronomy #astrophysics #astrophotography #space #outer space #spacecraft #spaceX #universe #alternate universe #Parallel Universe #white universe #planets #dwarf planet #blackholes #ghost planet #neptune #saturn's rings #Mars #moon mars

[fexlucia]

*wakes up in a cold sweat* do you think ortho could run doom.

#saturn's rings #twisted wonderland #things that come to mind when im walking my cat

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Saturn as seen from Titan, 1944 by Chesley Bonestell

#Chesley Bonestell #Saturn #art #artwork #space #Astronomy #Illustration #40s #40's #1944 #illustrations #Saturn's rings #titan #Saturn as seen from Titan

[krakenmare]

Cassini: Saturn's spectacular and disorienting maze of lines and its small, icy moon Mimas (October 15, 2004)

#astronomy #astrophotography #solar system #outer space #space #nasa #thank you nasa #saturn #mimas #cassini huygens #krakenmare #saturn's rings #saturn's moons #early 2000s #2004

[royallyprincesslilly]

Only real space and science nerds will get this. ⬇️

Bahahahahahhahahahahaha! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

#science memes #space memes #science humor #Space humor #saturn #saturn's rings #nasa #solar system #planets #Planet humor #nerd humor #Proud nerd #space lovers #Space lover

[quiltofstars]

Saturn and a few of its moons on September 8, 2023 // Giacomo Russo

Those moons include: Titan, Dione, Enceladus, Tethys, and Rhea

#astronomy #astrophotography #solar system #planet #gas giant #saturn #saturn's rings #moon #saturnian moons #saturn's moons #titan #dione #enceladus #tethys #rhea

[merelygifted]

How old are Saturn’s rings? Far younger than once thought, according to new study | CU Boulder Today | University of Colorado Boulder

A new study led by physicist Sascha Kempf at CU Boulder has delivered the strongest evidence yet that Saturn’s rings are remarkably young...

The research, published May 12 in the journal Science Advances, pegs the age of Saturn’s rings at no more than 400 million years old. That makes the rings much younger than Saturn itself, which is about 4.5 billion years old.  ...

...  It was an arduous process: From 2004 to 2017, the team used an instrument called the Cosmic Dust Analyzer aboard NASA’s late Cassini spacecraft to analyze specks of dust flying around Saturn. Over those 13 years, the researchers collected just 163 grains that had originated from beyond the planet’s close neighborhood. But it was enough. Based on their calculations, Saturn’s rings have likely been gathering dust for only a few hundred million years.

The planet’s rings, in other words, are new phenomena, arising (and potentially even disappearing) in what amounts to a blink of an eye in cosmic terms.

“We know approximately how old the rings are, but it doesn’t solve any of our other problems,” Kempf said. “We still don’t know how these rings formed in the first place.”  ...

...  The rings might already be vanishing. In previous research, NASA scientists reported that the ice is slowly raining down onto the planet and could disappear entirely in another 100 million years.

That these ephemeral features existed at a time when Galileo and the Cassini spacecraft could observe them seems almost too good to be true, Kempf said—and it [raises the question of] how the rings appeared in the first place. Some scientists, for example, have posited that Saturn’s rings may have formed when the planet’s gravity tore apart one of its moons.

“If the rings are short lived and dynamic, why are we seeing them now?” he said. “It’s too much luck.”

#Astronomy #Saturn #Saturn's Rings #Rings of Saturn #too cool

[euesworld]

"Fly me to heaven on your angel wings, above the clouds by Saturn's rings.."

Fly me across the ocean upon the wind, fly me across the universe with an undying grin.. oh how I love it the way galaxies spin, fly me to heaven away from sin - eUë

#fly me to heaven #heaven #heavenly #flying #saturn's rings #saturn #angel wings #angelic soul #angel #angels #angelic #angelic heart #angelic energy #angelic vibes #universe #cosmic love #poem #poetry #poetic #poets on tumblr #poet #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled words #love quotes #love #love quote life quotes #love quote for her #quoteoftheday #romance