While going through some correspondence I received over the holiday break, I came upon this wonderful news piece that I wanted to share. Last week, the international team behind the Cassini-Huygens mission released new images of the planet Saturn, including one that features a “natural colour view” of the planet. As you can see in the image above, this new look at Saturn reveals a colour scheme that differs greatly from the one we’re all probably familiar with when we think of what Saturn looks like.

To demonstrate, let’s compare this new image of Saturn from the Cassini space probe taken this past July against the image of this same planet taken by Voyager 2 in 1981 – Click here to continue reading »”Saturn’s True Colours – A Majestic View From The Heavens”