Space | Science | Astronomy | Technology on Instagram: "Meet Daphnis, one of Saturn’s 274 moons. Daphnis is a tiny moon, only about eight kilometers wide, orbiting inside Saturn’s rings within the Keeler Gap. Even at that size, its gravity dramatically shapes the rings around it. As it moves, Daphnis pulls on nearby ring particles and creates towering waves along the gap’s edges, some rising several kilometers high. Cassini revealed these ripples by capturing their long shadows during Saturn’s e

Space Eve on Instagram: "This raw telescopic view captures Saturn during a rare conjunction and occultation by Earth’s Moon on March 29, 2019, observed from South Africa. Such alignments reveal the precise geometry of the solar system, where a distant gas giant can briefly vanish behind our closest celestial neighbor. Captured by Cory Schmitz Follow @spaceeves #Saturn #Moon #Astronomy #NightSky"