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(formerly ‘tonight in space’)
When Saturn's "appendages" disappeared in 1612, Galileo knew not why. Later, it became understood that Saturn's unusual protrusions were rings and that when the Earth crosses the ring plane, the edge-on rings will appear to disappear. apod.nasa.gov
(formerly ‘tonight in space’)
When Saturn's "appendages" disappeared in 1612, Galileo knew not why. Later, it became understood that Saturn's unusual protrusions were rings and that when the Earth crosses the ring plane, the edge-on rings will appear to disappear. apod.nasa.gov