Saturn 101 | National Geographic

How did the rings around Saturn form? How many moons does the planet have? See stunning NASA images of the gas giant studied by Christian Huygens and Giovanni Cassini.

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[SteveZanadon]

The scientific theory I like best, is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.

[bulletsftw]

I saw Saturn with a telescope and its the most beautiful thing i've ever seen

[arthurcooperman]

The most beautiful planet in the solar system. I legit get chills when I see it through a telescope even just in a video.

[fiveonefive-sh]

Ever since I figured out the existence of Saturn, I feel like that’s my planet and now I’m completely in love with this one

[FleetingFerret]

R.I.P. Cassini
from 1997 to 2017
gone but not forgotten.
a hero to the new generations...

[OfentseMwaseFilms]

These videos are great, but they are too short!

[tangbein]

Whenever you need to name moons, mythologies are there to help.

[Inhuman]

My favourite planet really. So beautiful.

[xpired-vlogs]

God loved saturn the most




That’s why he put a ring on it

[miraculousjewel]

Ariana grande: I’m so beautiful Saturn: hold my 7 rings

[NOLAMarathon]

I'll be going to Saturn for a concert on Saturday. If anyone needs a ride, let me know.

[ShreySause]

Is it just me do I feel like we're lucky to have such a perfect solar system? Like everything is so perfect... One king, one ring planet, one life sustainable planet.. it's all so perfect we should enrich what we have and preserve our planet.

[poet]

I never knew there are guiding moons that sustain the shape of the ring. So amazing.

[Anonymoose]

A great presentation of facts about Saturn, some of which I didn't know! I was fascinated with the ringed planet when I was a kid, and a budding amateur astronomer. I wanted to see it myself!

So when I was 13, I built a telescope powerful enough to let me see it and its rings. I asked my Dad to buy me one. They were absurdly expensive. I found a kit in the Edmund Scientific catalog for a 12 inch build it yourself Cassegrain reflector. He bought it, and I built it. I spent three months hand grinding the mirror.

We sent it back to Edmind to be coated, and when I took it out in the back yard for its maiden voyage, after the first mind blowing look at the moon, my very next target was Saturn, and those rings. I'm not sure if I ever went to bed that night, and I've been fascinated with that planet ever since.

[twstf]

Imagine living on the surface of one of Saturn's Moons, and waking up in the morning to see Saturn completely dominating the sky!

How absolutely awesome would that be, eh?!

It's cool enough just looking at it through a telescope in the back yard at night, picture looking up, after the Sun has set, and seeing Saturn and its rings taking up like half of the night sky!! 😊👍

[garycarroll]

Never miss a opportunity to learn about the planets fascinating

[tobiasfagerdalsvendsen]

God: How many moons u want?
Saturn: Yes

[mvinod]

Actually Cassini did not die, but it became part & parcel of Saturn itself.. From now on saturn will be called as Planet Cassaturni...

[its_actually_funny_that_yo]

Hinduism knew of Saturn (Shani graha) and Aryabhatta studied all these planets way before Galileo or invention of modern telescope.

[plum]

1:38 HOLD UP THE LAST TWO ARE “TITAN” AND “YMIR”
*WHAT*