When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...
The Cassini orbiter, a collaborative mission by NASA, ESA, and ASI, provided us with a stunning legacy of Saturn and its intricate system of rings and moons.
Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet's rings in ... Saturn's Rings and Tilt Could Be the Product of an Ancient, Missing Moon Sep. 15, 2022 — Scientists propose a ...