Category Archives: Solar System

New Video of Saturn by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft

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This video of four days on Saturn was obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in April 2016, over the course of 44 hours. A day on Saturn lasts about 10.5 hours. In April 2017, Cassini will dive into the gap between the planet and its rings.

 

 

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Scale Model of the Solar System in the Black Rock Desert

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Here are some dreamers after our own hearts. This beautiful video was made by creating a scale model of the solar system across seven miles of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, with lights representing the planets, moving through the darkness along the orbital paths.