Saturn doesn’t just have rings — it rules an entire miniature solar https://t.co/MrqpkqJLDA of 2026, the ringed giant boasts 292 confirmed moons, far more than any other planet, with the number still climbing as astronomers keep spotting tiny new ones. Dominating them all is Titan, a colossal world larger than the planet Mercury. With a thick nitrogen atmosphere, rivers and lakes of liquid methane, and a diameter of 5,150 km, Titan feels more like a planet that got captured than a mere moon.Titan orbits Saturn at a safe distance of about 1.2 million kilometres — well beyond the outer edge of the famous ring system. Those dazzling rings, made of countless icy particles and moonlets, are confined much closer to the planet, while Titan sails majestically around the entire sprawling family of satellites. The sheer crowd of moons — from planet-sized Titan down to kilometer-scale irregular rocks — reveals just how gravitationally chaotic and crowded Saturn’s neighborhood truly is. It’s a dynamic, ever-evolving system where collisions, captures, and gravitational dances continue to shape one of the most spectacular regions in our Solar System.
🇺🇸‼️ | La NASA ha desvelado su plan más audaz: 73 alunizajes para construir una base lunar permanente, tras el éxito de la misión Artemis II, que llevó a cuatro astronautas a orbitar la Luna en un viaje de 10 días. Este ambicioso proyecto, que requiere una inversión de 20,000 millones de dólares, iniciará con 21 alunizajes robóticos en los próximos tres años antes de enviar misiones humanas en 2028.
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April 16, 2023
A statue of AC/DC’s Brian Johnson is unveiled in Namur, Belgium, honoring his first concert with the band on June 29, 1980, at the Palais Des Expositions.
A mesmerizing video: The Sun in extreme ultraviolet light, captured by the SDO spacecraft over a single month. The star's surface is swirling with flares, plasma vortices, and magnetic storms.
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A galactic hit-and-run!
The galaxy NGC 4485 shows signs of an interaction with a bypassing galaxy, but it didn't cause destruction. In fact, it triggered a whole new generation of stars to form!
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Fascinating: This glittering blue dwarf galaxy, located 13 million light-years from Earth, is known as Markarian 178
It is one of more than 1500 Markarian galaxies and home to an unusually large number of rare Wolf–Rayet stars
(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Annibali, S. Hong)
Un pingüino saltó a un bote para escapar de una foca, así que estos seres humanos de buen corazón lo llevaron al iceberg donde sus amigos lo estaban esperando.