Image: Infrared image of Saturn's rings
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 11:04
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —Although it may look to our eyes like other images of the rings, this infrared image of Saturn's rings was taken with a special filter that will only admit light polarized in one direction. Scientists can use these images to learn more about the nature of the particles that make up Saturn's rings.