Posted on 09/03/2024 11:16:58 PM PDT by blueplum
Most people consider Saturn's awe-inspiring system of rings that encircle the gas giant to be the most fascinating and iconic celestial feature in our solar system.....
A fast-approaching and significant cosmic event will soon dramatically alter our view of this magnificent planet. Come March 2025, Saturn's majestic rings will become virtually invisible to earth-based observers.
This phenomenon occurs due to the unique tilt of Saturn's axis, which will position the rings edge-on to our line of sight....
Thankfully, this isn't a permanent change...
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Who knew, man-made cosmic event.
I was waiting for “them” to blame Climate Change here on Earth as the cause.
Then again with the timing and if Trump wins in Nov, it will be Trump’s Fault.
Who’s going to blame this on global warming?
So?
Most likely white supremacy. We whites just didn’t want BIPOC and trannies to see Saturn’s rings. We want to keep them all for ourselves.
Dei hire.
Rings wont vanish. Still there. Too much mass to poof. Earthlings wont see them because something.
The Pew-236 Electronic Space Modulator is not back up and running. Calm down Bugs Bunny.
Global warming strikes again.
Climate change.
Interesting responses, so I thought I’d add my $0.02.
Saturn’s “year” is 29.5 of our years. Its planetary tilt is 27 degrees to its orbital plane. The rings are seen edge on for us and all but disappear every 14.7 years from our perspective.
From my HS astronomy class in 1972-3 my teacher Galileo first saw the rings and documented them. He followed the planet for a while then didn’t look at it for a while (maybe it was in the daytime sky or whatever) but when he turned his scope back onto it (and remember it was a rudimentary scope, not like the instruments available to even amateurs today) the rings weren’t there. He decided it was a trick of the devil and frightened him causing him to never look at that planet again.
Saturn in the house of Pisces really has astrologers on edge.
must be climate change
Interesting story, stupid headline.
The sensationalist headline plays on the double meaning of “vanish” (disappear from view; disappear from existence).
More BS science if you ask me.
Mel Allen, on Saturn’s rings: “Going, going, gone! A Ballantine blast!”
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