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Strange Universe: Saturn in One Second 9/4/22

janez volmajer - stock.adobe.com
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This coming Wednesday and Thursday nights, Saturn is the very nearest star to the Moon. And since Saturn reached its annual near point to Earth just three weeks ago, it happens to be as big as possible. We’d usually also say it’s as bright as it gets too, but that’s now changing because its rings are slowly getting oriented more and more sideways.

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