{"id":786279,"date":"2024-07-24T14:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786279"},"modified":"2024-07-24T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:19:51","slug":"a-saturnian-summer-nasa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786279","title":{"rendered":"A Saturnian Summer &#8211; NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"hds-attachment-single__caption color-carbon-05 padding-0 p-sm\">NASA&#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn on July 4, 2020. Two of Saturn&#8217;s icy moons are clearly visible in this exposure: Mimas at right, and Enceladus at bottom. This image is taken as part of the Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) project. OPAL is helping scientists understand the atmospheric dynamics and evolution of our solar system&#8217;s gas giant planets. 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