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On This Day in Space! Dec. 23, 1672: Giovanni Cassini discovers Saturn's moon Rhea Space 23/12/2020 Hanneke Weitering © Provided by Space Saturn's moons Rhea and Janus tango on opposite sides of the planet's famous ring system in this new color-enhanced image from NASA's Cassini orbiter. Rhea, Saturn's second-largest moon, is visible in the foreground, while the smaller moon Janus is pictured in the distance across the rings. Citizen scientist Kevin Gill recently processed this 10-year-old view of Saturn and two of its moons using calibrated red, green and blue filtered i...

Watch the winter solstice 'Great Conjunction' of Jupiter and Saturn with these webcasts Space 12/21/2020 Samantha Mathewson © Provided by Space Saturn, top, and Jupiter as seen on Dec. 13, 2020, a week before their closest approach, when the two planets may appear as a single point of light. Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky today (Dec. 21) in an event astronomers call the "great conjunction," and you can watch it online with webcasts from The Virtual Telescope Project, Slooh and more.  Tonight's great conjunction — also nicknamed the "Christmas Star" — ...

Don't miss the winter solstice 'great conjunction' of Jupiter and Saturn tonight! Space 21/12/2020 Doris Elin Urrutia © Provided by Space Saturn, top, and Jupiter, below, are seen after sunset from Shenandoah National Park, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in Luray, Virginia. Tonight (Dec. 21), find an unobstructed view of the southwest horizon to catch a bright "star" that is actually two planets appearing as one blip of light.  Saturn and Jupiter get close to one another from our perspective on Earth about once every 20 years because of their orbits. This year, however, the two ...