There are not a lot of things in space cooler than planets, and Saturn can rightly claim the crown for the coolest one (I personally prefer Uranus, but I’m a minority opinion).
And since Cassini reached Saturn’s orbit in 2004, we’ve been receiving amazing images and video, and discovers seem not over yet. Cassini is executing in these days its largest remaining manouver in five years, and certainly we are in for some more surprises.
After providing a sample of its amazing *music* some days ago, here a gallery with some of my favourite bits. Enjoy.
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In Spring 2014, In Saturn’s Rings, in memory of Carl Sagan and Stanley Kubrick, has been released.
This is the trailer: