This Saturday, September 20, Saturn's main satellite, Titan, will cast its shadow on the ringed giant. It will be the last time it will do so for the next 14 years. These eclipses are extremely rare and only occur for a few months every fifteen years or so, when Titan's orbit aligns it with the Sun and Saturn. From November 2024 to October 2025, eclipses occurred every sixteen days. However, we will have to wait until 2038 to see the Saturnian satellite cast its shadow again on this fascinating world, the second largest after Jupiter and the only ringed one visible from Earth. This strange periodicity of eclipses is mainly due to the high inclination of Titan's orbit with respect to the planet's orbit around the Sun.

This Friday, March 14, a lunar eclipse will affect the entire Iberian Peninsula. It will occur early in the morning, and in Catalonia we will see it as a partial eclipse: this means we will be able to enjoy what is popularly known as the "Blood Moon." Due to the darkness cast by the Earth's atmosphere on the satellite, it takes on a reddish hue, creating spectacular images.