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Transit of Saturn by its moons Enceladus, Dione, Titan and Mimas, as seen by Hubble Space Telescope Fun Fact: Saturn has nearly 62 moons with confirmed orbits.  These are the 53 that have been named:Aegaeon Aegir Albiorix Anthe Atlas Bebhionn Bergelmir Bestla Calypso Daphnis Dione Enceladus Epimetheus Erriapus Farbauti Fenrir Fornjot Greip Hati Helene Hyperion Hyrokkin Iapetus Ijiraq Jarnsaxa Janus Kari Kiviuq Loge Methone Mimas Mundilfari Narvi Paaliaq Pallene Pan Pandora Phoebe Polydeuces Prometheus Rhea Suttungr Skathi Siarnaq Skoll Surtur Tarqeq Tarvos Telesto Tethys Thrymr Titan Ymir 

Transit of Saturn by its moons Enceladus, Dione, Titan and Mimas, as seen by Hubble Space Telescope

Fun Fact: Saturn has nearly 62 moons with confirmed orbits. 

These are the 53 that have been named:
Aegaeon 
Aegir 
Albiorix 
Anthe 
Atlas 
Bebhionn 
Bergelmir 
Bestla 
Calypso 
Daphnis 
Dione 
Enceladus 
Epimetheus 
Erriapus 
Farbauti 
Fenrir 
Fornjot 
Greip 
Hati 
Helene 
Hyperion 
Hyrokkin 
Iapetus 
Ijiraq 
Jarnsaxa 
Janus 
Kari 
Kiviuq 
Loge 
Methone 
Mimas 
Mundilfari 
Narvi 
Paaliaq 
Pallene 
Pan 
Pandora 
Phoebe 
Polydeuces 
Prometheus 
Rhea 
Suttungr 
Skathi 
Siarnaq 
Skoll 
Surtur 
Tarqeq 
Tarvos 
Telesto 
Tethys 
Thrymr 
Titan 
Ymir 

Jupiter….my favorite planet since as long as I can remember. And it’s not just because you have the most incredible planet sized moons. 

Jupiter….my favorite planet since as long as I can remember. And it’s not just because you have the most incredible planet sized moons. 

Mariner IV Mars Encounter, circa 1965

Mariner IV Mars Encounter, circa 1965

victorioussleepwalkers: “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every “superstar”, every “supreme leader”, every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there—on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.” -Carl Sagan

victorioussleepwalkers:

“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every “superstar”, every “supreme leader”, every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there—on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.” -Carl Sagan

Venus, I’ll see you soon. 

Venus, I’ll see you soon. 

scienceblogfortheunwanted:

The first picture (left) was taken by Voyager 2 when it’s path into outer space led it near Neptune. The second one (right) is what Scientists think Neptune is made up of, starting with the outer layer of the atmosphere, and working down into the core.

You can click both pictures for a larger view of them.

i-love-fender: Vela Supernova Remnant Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler Explanation: The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy runs through this complex and beautiful skyscape. At the northwestern edge of the constellation Vela (the Sails) the 16 degree wide, 30 frame mosaic is centered on the glowing filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. Light from the supernova explosion that created the Vela remnant reached Earth about 11,000 years ago. In addition to the shocked filaments of glowing gas, the cosmic catastrophe also left behind an incredibly dense, rotating stellar core, the Vela Pulsar. Some 800 light-years distant, the Vela remnant is likely embedded in a larger and older supernova remnant, the Gum Nebula. The broad mosaic includes other identified emission and reflection nebulae, star clusters, and the remarkable Pencil Nebula.

i-love-fender:

Vela Supernova Remnant 
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler

Explanation: The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy runs through this complex and beautiful skyscape. At the northwestern edge of the constellation Vela (the Sails) the 16 degree wide, 30 frame mosaic is centered on the glowing filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. Light from the supernova explosion that created the Vela remnant reached Earth about 11,000 years ago. In addition to the shocked filaments of glowing gas, the cosmic catastrophe also left behind an incredibly dense, rotating stellar core, the Vela Pulsar. Some 800 light-years distant, the Vela remnant is likely embedded in a larger and older supernova remnant, the Gum Nebula. The broad mosaic includes other identified emission and reflection nebulae, star clusters, and the remarkable Pencil Nebula.

brianyu:

8 Years Around Saturn