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The ringed planet is nearly as bright as the brightest star in the early evening sky, Vega, located at the top of the Summer Triangle in the diagram below. Saturn sets in the west-southwest close to ...

So it is with Saturn’s rings. For almost all of 2025, from March to November, the giant planet’s distinctive rings will disappear. The reason is simple. The rings, which range in thickness ...

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