Saturn Rings II Size:24" x 24" (61 cm x 61 cm) A dying star that was

A dying star that was once about five times the mass of the Sun is at the center of this fury

Saturn's largest moon

in the background

thick clouds of hydrogen gas and dust have survived longer than their surroundings in the face of a blast of ultraviolet light from the hot

visible and infrared light (spanning wavelengths from 338 to 930 nanometers) were combined to create the individual frames

Saturn Rings II Size:24" x 24" (61 cm x 61 cm) A dying star that wasAcross the expanse of Saturn's rings, the Cassini spacecraft spies two small moons in consort. Atlas (32 kilometers, or 20 miles across) is seen exterior to the bright outer edge of the A ring. Daphnis (7 kilometers, or 4. 3 miles across), below Atlas in this view, orbits Saturn within the narrow Keeler Gap. The presence of Daphnis is revealed by the waves it raises in the ring material surrounding it on the edges of the gap. Daphnis and its waves