Titan’s Inner Ocean Might Be as Salty as Earth’s Dead Sea
Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Cassini mission have firm evidence the ocean inside Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, might be as salty as the Earth’s Dead Sea.…
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NASA Hopes Titan Flyby Will Provide Valuable New Insights
As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft zooms toward Saturn’s smoggy moon Titan for a targeted flyby on June 18, mission scientists are excitedly hoping to repeat a scientific…
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Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus Has an Underground Sea of Liquid Water
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has an underground sea of liquid water, according to the international Cassini spacecraft. Understanding the interior structure of 500 km-diameter Enceladus has…
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Seeing Saturn’s Auroras in Different Light
NASA trained several pairs of eyes on Saturn as the planet put on a dancing light show at its poles. While NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, orbiting…
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Looking Back at a Stormy Saturn
Like a swirl from a paintbrush being dipped in water, this image from the Cassini orbiter shows the progress of a massive storm on Saturn. The…
Read the articleBest Views Yet of Saturn’s Hexagon Captures by Cassini
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has obtained the highest-resolution movie yet of a unique six-sided jet stream, known as the hexagon, around Saturn’s north pole. This is the…
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A Quintet of Saturn’s Moons
Five moons pose for the international Cassini spacecraft to create this beautiful portrait with Saturn’s rings. This view, from 29 July 2011, looks toward the northern,…
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Cassini Gets New Views of Titan’s Lakes and Seas
With the sun now shining down over the north pole of Saturn’s moon Titan, a little luck with the weather, and trajectories that put the spacecraft…
Read the articleIngredient of Household Plastic Discovered on Titan by Cassini
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other consumer products, on Saturn’s moon Titan. This is the…
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