Do Saturn’s rings cast shadows? 

Why don’t Saturn’s rings throw a shadow onto the planet’s surface, like its moons do? John GrimleyToronto, Ontario The simple answer is that Saturn’s rings do cast shadows on the planet’s surface! NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took the dramatic image of the rings’ shadows on Saturn shown above.  TheContinue reading “Do Saturn’s rings cast shadows? ”
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