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Why do our planets form a disk around the Sun?
The Cassini mission revealed that Saturn is a natural laboratory for investigating this question and demonstrates how new solar systems form around far-away stars. Learn how with planetary scientist Denton Ebel and Marina Gemma on this interplanetary journey and ring in the new year with a trip to Saturn’s rings.
Explore Saturn's rings in this Skylight science visualization: youtube.com/watch?v=YPz6LvGhZ0E
Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Endowment Fund.
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Why do our planets form a disk around the Sun?
The Cassini mission revealed that Saturn is a natural laboratory for investigating this question and demonstrates how new solar systems form around far-away stars. Learn how with planetary scientist Denton Ebel and Marina Gemma on this interplanetary journey and ring in the new year with a trip to Saturn’s rings.
Explore Saturn's rings in this Skylight science visualization: youtube.com/watch?v=YPz6LvGhZ0E
Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Endowment Fund.
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