
Are Saturn’s Rings Really as Young as the Dinosaurs?
Are Saturn’s Rings Really as Young as the Dinosaurs?
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
November 27, 201912m 32s
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Show Notes
The Cassini spacecraft perished in a literal blaze of glory on September 15, 2017, when it ended its 13-year study of Saturn by intentionally plunging into the gas giant’s swirling atmosphere. The crash came after a last few months of furious study, during which Cassini performed the Grand Finale — a sensational, death-defying dance that saw the spacecraft dive between the planet and its rings 22 times.
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