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APOD from 2018-11-16

The Hill, The #Moon, and #Saturn

A young crescent Moon with earthshine and Saturn were captured in a serene evening sky near Veszprem, Hungary. Now at first quarter phase, the Moon sets the stage for the upcoming Leonid meteor shower.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181116.html

Paroles de la chanson “Saturn” de SZA
#Sza #Saturn
https://daletra.art/sza/paroles/saturn.html

I am currently reviewing a dataset of Cassini #Saturn ring images for inclusion into NASA's PDS archive, so it's time to break out this bad boy (yellowed by age already)!

A yellowed cover of a thesis entitled "collisional features in Saturn's f ring by Nicholas Oliver Attree".

🌔Lebenszeichen im All? Saturnmond Enceladus liefert neue Hinweise -
Die NASA hat in den Eisfontänen von Enceladus komplexe organische Moleküle nachgewiesen - möglicherweise Hinweise auf biologische Prozesse in dem außerirdischen Ozean.
https://winfuture.de/news,155128.html
✨ Leben auf Enceladus ist auch Thema meiner SF-Story „Homaqi“, erschienen in der Anthologie „7 Millionen Tage in der Zukunft“.
https://www.johann-seidl.de/homaqi

#Enceladus #NASA #Astrobiologie #LebenImAll #Cassini #ScienceFiction #Zukunft #Saturn

Assume the role of Garian, a sword wielding warrior in search of his escaped prisoner, Bilan.

#RetroGames #SegaSaturn
#RetroGaming #SEGA #Saturn
#VideoGames #GamersUnite

"No Saturn Mini and No Dreamcast Mini" 😱 😭😭😭

#Sega #Saturn #Dreamcast #console #retrogaming #videogames #Geek

Der Black Friday ist Geschichte, jetzt regiert die Cyber Week! 🤖 #MediaMarkt & #Saturn haben das Sortiment nochmal durchgewürfelt. https://winfuture.de/news,155289.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

“On Janet’s Planet” by Peter Lingard

#experimental #rings #saturn

2013 December 20

Titan's Land of Lakes
* Image Credit: Cassini Radar Mapper, JPL, USGS, ESA, NASA
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/cassiniorbiterinstruments/instrumentscassiniradar/
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/
http://www.esa.int/
http://www.nasa.gov/

Explanation:
Saturn's large moon Titan would be unique in our solar system, the only world with stable liquid lakes and seas on its surface ... except for planet Earth of course. Centered on the north pole, this colorized map shows Titan's bodies of methane and ethane in blue and black, still liquid at frigid surface temperatures of -180 degrees C (-292 degrees F). The map is based on data from the Cassini spacecraft's radar, taken during flybys between 2004 and 2013. Roughly heart-shaped, the lake above and right of the pole is Ligeia Mare, the second largest known body of liquid on Titan and larger than Lake Superior on Earth. Just below the north pole is Punga Mare. The sprawling sea below and right of Punga is the (hopefully sleeping) Kraken Mare, Titan's largest known sea. Above and left of the pole, the moon's surface is dotted with smalle
https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/titans-north/
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Life_Without_Water_And_The_Habitable_Zone_999.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120515.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110401.html
https://science.nasa.gov/science-missions/
https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/
https://www.planetary.org/articles/20130527-the-shores-of-the-kraken-sea
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050117.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131220.html

#space #moon #Enceladus #saturn #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #NASA #ESA

2013 December 20

Titan's Land of Lakes
* Image Credit: Cassini Radar Mapper, JPL, USGS, ESA, NASA

Explanation:
Saturn's large moon Titan would be unique in our solar system, the only world with stable liquid lakes and seas on its surface ... except for planet Earth of course. Centered on the north pole, this colorized map shows Titan's bodies of methane and ethane in blue and black, still liquid at frigid surface temperatures of -180 degrees C (-292 degrees F). The map is based on data from the Cassini spacecraft's radar, taken during flybys between 2004 and 2013. Roughly heart-shaped, the lake above and right of the pole is Ligeia Mare, the second largest known body of liquid on Titan and larger than Lake Superior on Earth. Just below the north pole is Punga Mare. The sprawling sea below and right of Punga is the (hopefully sleeping) Kraken Mare, Titan's largest known sea. Above and left of the pole, the moon's surface is dotted with smaller lakes that range up to 50 kilometers across.

Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.
NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.

Titan Touchdown: Huygens Descent Movie
* Video Credit: ESA, NASA, JPL, U. Arizona, E. Karkoschka
https://www.esa.int/
https://www.nasa.gov/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/missions/cassini
https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/research-scientists/erich-karkoschka

Explanation:
What would it look like to land on Saturn's moon Titan? The European Space Agency's Huygens probe set down on the Solar System's cloudiest moon in 2005, and a time-lapse video of its descent images was created. Huygens separated from the robotic Cassini spacecraft soon after it achieved orbit around Saturn in late 2004 and began approaching Titan. For two hours after arriving, Huygens plummeted toward Titan's surface, recording at first only the shrouded moon's opaque atmosphere. The computerized truck-tire sized probe soon deployed a parachute to slow its descent, pierced the thick clouds, and began transmitting images of a strange surface far below never before seen in visible light. Landing in a dried sea and surviving for 90 minutes, Huygen's returned unique images of a strange plain of dark sandy soil strewn with smooth, bright, fist-sized rocks of ice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens_%28spacecraft%29
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens/Huygens_spacecraft
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050117.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap041028.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250119.html

#space #moon #Titan #saturn #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #NASA #ESA

APOD from 2025-11-30

The Surface of Titan from Huygens

ESA's Huygens probe captured this view on Titan, revealing an alien landscape under orange light. Rocks possibly made of frozen water and hydrocarbons litter the terrain at -179°C. The probe landed in 2005, sinking into a surface like wet sand, and sent data for over 90 minutes.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251130.html#space #astronomy #saturn #moon #planet #earth

2025 November 30

The Surface of Titan from Huygens
* Image Credit: ESA, NASA, JPL, U. Arizona, Huygens Lander
https://www.esa.int/
https://www.nasa.gov/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/research/titan-outer-solar-system
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens/Huygens_spacecraft

Explanation:
If you could stand on Titan -- what would you see? The featured color view from Titan gazes across an unfamiliar and distant landscape on Saturn's largest moon. The scene was recorded by ESA's Huygens probe in 2005 after a 2.5-hour descent through a thick atmosphere of nitrogen laced with methane. Bathed in an eerie orange light at ground level, rocks strewn about the scene could well be composed of water and hydrocarbons frozen solid at an inhospitable temperature of negative 179 degrees C. The large light-toned rock below and left of center is only about 15 centimeters across and lies 85 centimeters away. The saucer-shaped spacecraft is believed to have penetrated about 15 centimeters into a place on Titan's surface that had the consistency of wet sand or clay. Huygen's batteries enabled the probe to take and transmit data for more than 90 minutes after landing. Titan's bizarre chemical environment may bear similarities to planet Earth's before life evolved.
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens/New_images_from_Titan#subhead2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(moon)
https://www.esa.int/
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cassini-huygens/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250119.html
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/titans-surface-organics-surpass-oil-reserves-on-earth/
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cassini-huygens/
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens/Life_on_Titan

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251129.html

#space #saturn #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #physics #nature #NASA #ESA #education #apod

2025 November 30
A strange orange landscape is shown. What appears to be light and dark orange rocks are strewn about. The landscape appears roughly flat all the way out to the orange sky and horizon.

The Surface of Titan from Huygens
* Image Credit: ESA, NASA, JPL, U. Arizona, Huygens Lander

Explanation:
If you could stand on Titan -- what would you see? The featured color view from Titan gazes across an unfamiliar and distant landscape on Saturn's largest moon. The scene was recorded by ESA's Huygens probe in 2005 after a 2.5-hour descent through a thick atmosphere of nitrogen laced with methane. Bathed in an eerie orange light at ground level, rocks strewn about the scene could well be composed of water and hydrocarbons frozen solid at an inhospitable temperature of negative 179 degrees C. The large light-toned rock below and left of center is only about 15 centimeters across and lies 85 centimeters away. The saucer-shaped spacecraft is believed to have penetrated about 15 centimeters into a place on Titan's surface that had the consistency of wet sand or clay. Huygen's batteries enabled the probe to take and transmit data for more than 90 minutes after landing. Titan's bizarre chemical environment may bear similarities to planet Earth's before life evolved.

Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
NASA Official: Amber Straughn Specific rights apply.

#SEGASaturday #SaturnDay

Gale Racer.

Also known by the name of its arcade machine counterpart, Rad Mobile. (Gameplay is basically identical.)

Not unlike Turbo Outrun, the game is a road race across the USA.

Interestingly, in its arcade machine form, this game was the first to feature Sonic the Hedgehog, albeit as an ornament hanging from the car's rear view mirror.

#SEGA #Saturn #GaleRacer

Sega released Fighting Vipers' arcade and Saturn version soundtracks on CD — and added them to streaming services, too! Here's where to listen to it and buy it:

https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/11/28/sega-releases-fighting-vipers-soundtrack-for-30th-anniversary/

#sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming #videogames #soundtrack #arcade #retrogames

#Planet #Saturn wird kommende Nacht um 01:10 MEZ stationär, bewegt sich danach wieder rechtläufig am Himmel entlang. Damit endet seine Oppositionsschleife 2025. Die nächste Opposition ist am 4.10.2026.

A new version of Saturn by JWST Space Telescope

Full size & more info: https://flic.kr/p/2rHUzZs
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck

Instrument: NIRCAM
Target: Saturn-Centre
Time: 2023-06-24 (not a new release)
Filter: F322W2-F323N, F212 (partially reconstructed)
PI: Leigh Fletcher ID: 1247

#Space #Astronomy #JWST #ESA #NASA #CSA #Saturn #Astrodon #Solarocks

In this JWST image, Saturn appears as a pale-gold sphere with faint horizontal bands, encircled by a bright, thin oval ring. Three tiny white points to the lower left represent the satellites Dione, Enceladus and Tethys against the black background.

Peter's played Grandia on the PlayThing. Then he played the game through to the end — a 101-hour playthrough — on Saturn. Find out why the game is so good — and why it's best on Saturn! Read his long-form review:

https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/11/27/the-joy-of-playing-grandia-on-sega-saturn/

#sega #saturn #segasaturn #RPG #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames #JRPG #GameArts #Grandia

"What Cassini eventually found on this tectonically wracked little world has been a planetary explorer’s dream come true...".

Remembering Cassini: The Geysering Basin of Enceladus, by @carolynporco.bsky.social @carolynporco

https://carolynporco.substack.com/p/remembering-cassini-the-geysering

#astronomy #Cassini #Saturn

https://graycrawford.net/2025/11/27/saturns-message-in-pisces/

#Saturn’s Message in# Pisces
#grayastrology

..." The vessel of Saturn and Neptune contains all, including all of the illusory reality not contained by your illusions of reality. The combination of Saturn Neptune close together warps and distorts old notions of reality as our perception shifts to take in the creation of new collective realities.

Saturn and Neptune will spark ."...

🪷 Have you felt stuck for the past 5 months? Blame #Retrograde #Saturn! Now Saturn is slowly moving forward again. The logjam is budging, slowly but surely. There are lots more changes ahead next week in your #Antinous #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/11/astro-forecast-november-27th-7th-2025.html 🪷

#Saturn

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