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As the Cassini mission to Saturn draws in to it’s final year, take a look at some of the most fantastic images from the ringed world. 

Credits:

Image 1: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Image 2: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Image 3: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

Image 4: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Image 5: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Image 6: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Image 7: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Image 8: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Idaho

Image 9: NASA/JPL/ESA/University of Arizona

Image 10: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Snoqualmie Pass // Matt Kuma

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by Denny Bitte

Haunted House

This is one of the largest and most prolific star-forming regions near our Milky Way. Located about 160,000 light years away in the neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, the Tarantula nebula is sculpted by searing radiation and strong winds that comes from the massive stars at its center. If fact, it is estimated that at least 40 of these huge stars have gone supernova within the last 10,000 years including the most recent one, SN 1987a. (Composite Image from Multiple Data Sources. Hubble Space Telescope, ESO, Amateur Data. Image Assembly and Processing : Robert Gendler and Roberto Colombari)

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Saturn Casts Shrinking Shadow Over Rings in NASA Photo

On Earth, the change of the seasons can be marked by the length of the shadows cast by the sun. This approach also works on Saturn, where the shadow of the massive planet grows shorter each day.

A new photo from the Cassini probe shows the shadow of Saturn blanketing a large section of the planet’s ring system. But back in 2007, Cassini images showed Saturn’s shadow stretching well beyond the edge of the rings. The shortening of the planet’s shadow will continue as Saturn approaches a solstice in May 2017. 

Read more ~ Space.com

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The shadow of Saturn cast across the planet’s massive ring system, captured by the Cassini probe on May 21, 2016.    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute