2026 August 05 - Spokes on Saturn's B Ring

In today's image, we see a timelapse showing spokes (possibly shadows) on the B ring of Saturn. These have been studied by the Voyager 2 and Cassini spacecraft as well as the Hubble Space Telescope.

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