The spokes can appear either light or dark, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). Hubble’s OPAL program will continue to observe Saturn as the planet’s next equinox draws nearer.

This image shows the recent observations of the planets Mars and Saturn made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The observations of both objects were made in June and July 2018 and show the ...

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope photo of Saturn reveals the planet's cloud bands and a phenomenon called ring spokes. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen Music: Stellardrone - Billions and Billions NGC 6355 has been imaged using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The globular cluster of stars lies 50,000 ...

Imagery of Saturn captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is superimposed over an image captured by Hubble. "Yellows represent bright and warm parts of Saturn’s atmosphere, while the purple areas ...

Saturn also experiences auroras, known as northern and southern lights. In this image, Hubble ultraviolet-light observations of an aurora are superposed on a visible-light image of the planet.

The resulting images are therefore overlaid onto an image of Saturn in visible light taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. “The quality of the new data from JWST is simply breathtaking,” said ...

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft first observed Saturn's spokes in 1981, and other instruments, including Cassini and Hubble, have spotted them multiple times before. The latest sighting was in October ...

Credit: Image credit: NASA, ESA, Matthias Stute , Margarita Karovska , Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Hubble) Their interaction has caused the red giant star, which is about 400 ...