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Friday, August 07, 2009

Saturn to Pull Celestial Houdini on August 11



Since Saturn's axis is tilted as it orbits the sun, Saturn has seasons, like those of planet Earth -- but each of Saturn's seasons last for over seven years. The Hubble Space Telescope took the above sequence of images about a year apart. Starting on the left in 1996 and ending on the right in 2000. Image credit: NASA/Hubble


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