SUMMARY: If you ask Star Wars fans, they will tell you the connection is strong with this one. This week, NASA released a stunning photo of Tethys, a large moon circling Saturn. But all people are talking about is how strangely similar it looks to the Death Star. Like the Death Star, Tethys has a large, distinctive crater that NASA has named Odysseus. But unlike the Death Star, its rock core and icy surface protects it from internal combustion. Sorry, Han and Luke. The photo was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which has been sending back some jaw-dropping images from the ringed planet. The moon can we just call it "Teth Star"? -- is Saturn's fifth-largest. And its distinctive shape is a result of its own star war. NASA attributes this moon's crater to the result of external impacts. While those impacts don't make Tethys unusual as far as moons go, it does make for a daunting resemblance looming not so far away.
ANAYLSIS: This article was written by Madeline Holcombe from CNN. This is very very cool and interesting to me. It just amazes me how craved and distinctive this crater is. This could be synthesized to constellation of stars and how they sometimes create images. The universe always interested me because of how huge it is and all the wonderful things we haven't discovered about it yet. I can't wait for what new discovery takes place out there!
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/us/saturn-moon-death-star-trnd/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool
I think that it is really amazing that there are many things out there in the universe that we discovery everyday that look very similar things in our culture.
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I think it's amazing how one person with a creative idea and view can change the perspective to hundreds or even thousands of people. It's nice to have a break from Trump and talk about things like Star Wars.
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