Saturn Will Be at Its Biggest and Brightest This Weekend
The Solar System is a beautiful place filled with wonders that NASA space probes are only beginning to discover. There’s a tendency, though, for people to…
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Cassini Takes Face-on View of Enceladus
A patchwork network of frozen ridges and troughs cover the face of Enceladus, Saturn’s most enigmatic of icy moons. This face-on colour view of Enceladus was…
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The Seasons Are Changing on Titan
An ice cloud taking shape over Titan’s south pole is the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes…
Read the articleSaturn’s Moons and Rings Are Gently Worn Vintage Goods From Around the Time of Our Solar System’s Birth
The Cassini spacecraft observes three of Saturn’s moons set against the darkened night side of the planet. Saturn is present on the left this image but…
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Cassini Detects Natural Particle Accelerators
During a chance encounter with an unusually strong blast of solar wind arriving at Saturn, the international Cassini spacecraft detected particles being accelerated to ultra-high energies,…
Read the articleSaturn Storm Catches Up on Itself
Call it a Saturnian version of the Ouroboros, the mythical serpent that bites its own tail. In a new paper that provides the most detail yet…
Read the articleThe Huygens Experience
Eight years ago yesterday, ESA’s Huygens bounced, slid and wobbled its way to rest on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan, the first time a probe…
Read the articleHydrocarbon Ice Forming on a Liquid Hydrocarbon Sea on Titan Suggested by Cassini
It’s not exactly icing on a cake, but it could be icing on a lake. A new paper by scientists on NASA’s Cassini mission finds that…
Read the articleNile-Like River System Spotted on Titan by Cassini
The international Cassini mission has spotted what appears to be a miniature extraterrestrial version of the Nile River: a river valley on Saturn’s moon Titan that…
Read the articleRapid Change in Seasons Seen on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Scientists using the international Cassini spacecraft have studied the rapid change in seasons on Saturn’s moon Titan, following equinox in August 2009, which saw the formation…
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