Saturn’s greatest hits, now on vinyl 🎶⁣ ⁣ Saturn and its innermost rings look like a close-up of a record in this image taken by Cassini, a sophisticated robotic spacecraft sent to study Saturn and its complex system of rings and moons in unprecedented detail. For more than a decade, Cassini shared the wonders of Saturn, its spectacular rings, and its family of icy moons.⁣ ⁣ Saturn's rings are thought to be pieces of comets, asteroids, or shattered moons that broke up before they reached the planet, torn apart by Saturn's powerful gravity. They are made of billions of small chunks of ice and rock coated with other materials such as dust. The ring particles mostly range from tiny, dust-sized icy grains to chunks as big as a house. A few particles are as large as mountains.⁣ ⁣ P.S. This picture doesn’t make any noise, but we have transformed other photos into sound with data sonification. You can listen to some here – and even learn how to make your own! go.nasa.gov/SpaceSounds⁣...