"Stretch forth your open hands, and while ye live / Take all the gifts that Death and Life may give"

[larryhammer]

In honor of today's end of mission, here are some Saturn flyby movies using Cassini photos. (via)

ETA: Animation of some of Cassini's last photos, showing Enceladus setting behind Saturn.

The world's oldest known trigonometric table is a 3,700-year-old cuneiform tablet. It is, to boot, highly accurate. (via)

Rocket Man, Elton John (Official Music Video), directed by an Iranian refugee. (via Janni)

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Subject quote, also in honor of Cassini, is from the "The Earthly Paradise," Introduction to March, William Morris.