Saturn's rings are heating its atmosphere, according to a new study. (NASA/ESA/Lotfi Ben-Jaffel(IAP & LPL) via SWNS)
Scientists announced the finding on March 30, which they say has never been seen before in our solar system.
A NASA spokesperson said: "The secret has been hiding in plain view for 40 years.
Icy 'rain' from Saturn's rings is heating the gas giant's atmosphere | Space
Icy "rain" from Saturn's rings is heating the gas giant's atmosphere, a phenomenon never seen in the solar system before, a new study suggests.
The unexpected discovery, which came as the result of examining data collected from various space missions including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope , the retired Cassini probe and the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, could help researchers predict if exoplanets have ring systems.
After 40 years, astronomers find something completely unexpected happening in Saturn's rings ...
GREENBELT, Md. — Saturn’s rings are iconic — but they’ve apparently been doing something to the planet that scientists never expected. A new study finds that these famous rings are actually heating Saturn’s atmosphere.
“The secret has been hiding in plain view for 40 years.
Explosion the size of our solar system is the flattest ever seen by scientists | News | ...
The blast was an extremely rare Fast Blue Optical Transient, and the first one was discovered in 2018.
An illustration of an extremely rare Fast Blue Optical Transient. (Phil Drury/University of Sheffield via SWNS)
An explosion the size of our solar system 180 million light years away has baffled scientists by being the flattest ever seen.
Alien mothership and probes may exist in our solar system, says research by Pentagon official and ...
A Harvard scientist and a Pentagon official have authored a research article that suggests the possibility that there could be an alien mothership in our solar system, sending out probes to explore Earth and other planets.
The paper is titled " Physical constraints on unidentified aerial phenomena " and was released on March 7. It is not yet peer-reviewed and is also not an official document from the Pentagon. But according to Space.com, it was carried out in partnership with the US Department of Defense.
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