Inside Science on Instagram: "Discovered in 1990, Pan is one of Saturn’s strangest moons — a miniature world only 35 km across, orbiting within the Encke Division of Saturn’s A ring. Its unusual dumpling-like shape isn’t random — it formed as ring particles gradually piled onto its surface, creating a ridge around its equator. #Saturn #PanMoon #CassiniMission #Astronomy #PlanetaryScience #Cosmos #SpaceExploration #NASA #PhysicsOfOrbits #inside_science_"

Inside Science on Instagram: "Detected in 2025, 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar object — a traveler from beyond our solar system — now racing past the Sun on a hyperbolic path. But recently, astronomers picked up something unusual: repeating radio pulses coming directly from its direction, echoing in a precise pattern — 8, 13, 8, 5, 13, 8 — all transmitted at 1420 MHz, the “cosmic hailing frequency” famously used in SETI searches for intelligent life. #3IATLAS #InterstellarVisitor #CosmicSignals #SE