Dennis Mammana: Saturn ‘Sheds’ Famous Rings in Celestial Disappearing Act

Dennis Mammana: Saturn ‘Sheds’ Famous Rings in Celestial Disappearing Act

Saturn is everyone’s favorite planet, it seems. Through a telescope those glorious rings make that world appear so three-dimensional that it’s not uncommon for folks to accuse me of inserting a slide into the eyepiece. “It just can’t be real,” they proclaim. But it is real. The ring system of Saturn is one of the great marvels of our solar system that even a small, low-powered telescope can show, along with Saturn’s largest and brightest moon, T…