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As an avid (for some reason) fan of Saturn, I constantly keep track of the images the NASA/ESA Cassini orbiter sends back to Earth. Therefore, I couldn't resist the temptation of sharing the latest image the spacecraft snapped of Enceladus, while the ice-covered moon was at its crescent.
Backdropped by the rin... |
8 February 2012
11:04 GMT |
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With each new image the NASA Cassini orbiter sends back, I appreciate the spacecraft more and more. For almost 8 years now, the probe has been conducting various experiments around Saturn, its rings and it moons, and the latest view it captured of Dione proves its worth yet again.
This time, the small moon was captu... |
2 February 2012
10:49 GMT |
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Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is of great interest to astronomers because it's the most Earth-like object in the solar system. One of the most recent studies conducted on the body was aimed at surveying its dunes using radars, and experts say that this allowed them to learn more about the moon's past c... |
24 January 2012
02:58 GMT |
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A view of the Saturnine moons Titan and Tethys taken from aboard the NASA Cassini orbiter appeared obscured when researchers decoded it. The photos was snapped just as one of the gas giant's rings was interposed between the spacecraft and the two moons.
In this view, Titan is seen to the left of the image, the ... |
13 January 2012
09:00 GMT |
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A failure in the radio system aboard the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has its mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, on the edge. The probe is fairly old, and is now communicating with Earth by using a backup system.
The orbiter has been studying Saturn, its m... |
13 January 2012
03:58 GMT |
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The American space agency is celebrating Christmas in its own way, by having some of its spacecraft send back new images of targets such as stellar nurseries and gas giants. The NASA/ESA Cassini mission and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) are the most important such probes.
Cassini is without a doubt... |
23 December 2011
09:28 GMT |
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The NASA Cassini spacecraft carried out a new flyby of Saturn's moon Dione on Monday, December 12. While the main science data obtained during the maneuver have yet to be compiled, researchers say that the flyby did provide some interesting new views of the Saturnine moon system.
Experts at the NASA Jet Propul... |
13 December 2011
02:57 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the Cassini spacecraft will be carrying out a double flyby over the course of 36 hours, starting on December 12. Within this time frame, the probe will see both Dione and Titan.
The Dione flyby will occur first, and will... |
10 December 2011
06:22 GMT |
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The NASA Cassini orbiter recently managed to snap a new series of photos covering the Saturnine moon Enceladus, and the results were somewhat surprising to astronomers. They discovered the that object's surface displays a glow that was not apparent to Cassini until just now.
The spacecraft was able to see it b... |
2 December 2011
05:06 GMT |
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For nearly an entire Earth year, a massive storm devastated the atmosphere above Saturn, baffling experts with its unusual intensity. Data collected by the NASA Cassini orbiter as the storm took place have now been centralized in a series of images and animations of what went on.
Researchers hope to use these data t... |
18 November 2011
06:21 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the Cassini spacecraft will carry out a new flyby over the Saturnine moon Enceladus. The maneuver will be special because the probe will use its radar instruments to map the ice-covered space rock.
This is the first time that... |
4 November 2011
06:07 GMT |
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The NASA Cassini orbiter carried out a new flyby of the Saturnine moon Enceladus on October 19. The spacecraft was able to collect a series of new images of the object, which is of interest to scientists because it may contain an ocean of liquid water under miles of ice crust.
During the new flight, the space probe... |
21 October 2011
06:25 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that the Saturnine moon Enceladus experiences constant snow fall. Researchers have determined that large amounts of frozen precipitations fall to the space object's surface from its wispy-thin atmosphere. The phenomenon was discovered throug... |
19 October 2011
06:36 GMT |
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Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the Cassini spacecraft will carry out a new flyby of the Saturnine moon Enceladus today, October 19. As it will attempt to image the object's geysers, the probe will use light from stars in Orion's Belt.A... |
19 October 2011
04:37 GMT |
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This September 13 image snapped by the NASA Cassini spacecraft shows a part of Saturn's impressive rings, with the moons Enceladus and Tethys in the foreground. The image is taken from a great distance, which explains how the two moons were caught in the same frame.
At the time the image was taken, the orbit... |
11 October 2011
06:34 GMT |
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Astronomers say that a large comet impacted Saturn's beautiful rings back in the 1300s. While this has been known for quite some time, a new study indicates that the tracks are still visible today. The announcement was made on October 4, at a science meeting.
Essam Marouf, who is a professor of electrical en... |
10 October 2011
16:01 GMT |
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A set of newly-released images showing the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in color indicates that the celestial body may be a lot more similar to Earth than first believed. Granted, its surface is covered by a thick, yellow, unbreathable atmosphere, but many similarities still remain.
This image was... |
6 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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On Saturday, October 1, the NASA Cassini space probe completed its latest flyby of the Saturnine moon Enceladus. The mission was to focus the spacecraft's sensitive instruments on the geysers at the south pole of the celestial body, and observe as they are spewing out water particles and organic matter.
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4 October 2011
02:48 GMT |
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The Greenbelt, Maryland-based NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) recently awarded the highest award it can bestow in space sciences – the 46th Annual John C. Lindsay Memorial Award – to planetary scientist Dr. F. Michael Flasar.
He received the award for the incredible contributions he and his tea... |
29 September 2011
03:05 GMT |
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Given the tremendous similarities that exist between Earth and Saturn's largest moon, Titan, experts are comparing the two in order to determine how the environment on extrasolar planets may look like. They are also trying to understand what ingredients are necessary for the development of life.
While they a... |
5 September 2011
07:15 GMT |
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Experts investigating Titan, the largest moon orbiting Saturn, recently discovered a white arrow on the object's surface. About the size of Texas, this structure went unexplained for quite some time. Now, scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles propose an explanation for its existence.The UCLA ... |
16 August 2011
04:42 GMT |
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After several weeks of relative inactivity, the NASA Cassini orbiter managed to snap a new set of pictures covering a large portion of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The image reveals a large number of dunes and craters, as well as the enigmatic bright feature called Xanadu.The latter is located on the leading ed... |
9 August 2011
03:18 GMT |
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A group of astronomers has recently determined that the water vapor spacecraft were detecting the in upper atmosphere of Saturn come from the ice-covered moon Enceladus. The source of these vapors has been sought-for for many years, but to no avail.Recently, experts managed to get a breakthrough when they used the Eu... |
26 July 2011
10:31 GMT |
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Studies conducted using a NASA orbiter are showing that the radio waves emanating from both the north and south pole on Saturn are different in their variations. Researchers say that these variations also change with seasons, and that the wave characteristics were even exchanged between the poles. At one point in tim... |
29 June 2011
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According to new study results, it would appear that the ocean Saturn's largest moon Enceladus is concealing under a thick layer of ice may be salty. This puts an interesting twist in experts' propositions that the ocean might in fact be inhabitable and inhabited. Enceladus is now considered to be the most ... |
23 June 2011
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the plasma spectrometer instrument on the Cassini spacecraft has just been taken offline, due to a series of malfunctions affecting its operations.At this point, there is no clear schedule to indicate when the sensitive instrument will be brought back online, but N... |
16 June 2011
11:51 GMT |
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According to a new set of calculations compiled by researchers at the American space agency, it would appear that the Voyager 1 spacecraft may exit the solar system, and enter interstellar space, a lot earlier than previously thought. In fact, this could happen at any time.The new calculations are based on data provi... |
16 June 2011
11:40 GMT |
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Following new studies conducted on the Saturnine moon Enceladus, astronomers determined that this object is the most likely in the solar system to contain life. It exceeded its companion moon Titan in this area only recently.Until now, astrobiologists believed that they had the highest chances of finding life at othe... |
2 June 2011
04:47 GMT |
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The Saturnine moon Enceladus – one of the most interesting objects in the solar system – got another picture taken recently, as a NASA orbiter flew relatively close to it. The spacecraft was located in excess of 25,000 kilometers (15,000 miles) away. This new view shows a mixture of the old and the new on... |
25 May 2011
21:01 GMT |
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Astronomers are now beginning to get more accurate insights into a massive storm that occurs on the surface of Saturn, causing the gas giant to change its overall appearance. Such impressive storms take place only once in a generation, investigators say.The most common effects such events trigger are the development ... |
20 May 2011
04:28 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific investigation, it would appear that the thick, hazy atmosphere surrounding Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may have been produced by a vast amount of cosmic impacts, that spewed ejecta material into the air.
The thing that puzzles astronomers and planetary scien... |
9 May 2011
02:06 GMT |
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As we announced earlier today, NASA has decided on the three proposals it will pursue further for a major space exploration mission, to be launched in 2016. One of them is the Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) probe, which could finally establish a human presence on Saturn's largest moon. The NASA Cassini orbiter, whic... |
6 May 2011
08:54 GMT |
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Planetary scientists now believe that the atmosphere surrounding Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may have what it takes to allow for the creation of basic molecules that make up DNA. The process may be going on regardless of the fact that there is no liquid water on the moon. For a very long time, experts have bee... |
29 April 2011
04:54 GMT |
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Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may be more similar to Enceladus, another moon orbiting the planet, than astronomers first realized. New datasets appear to indicate that the former also has a liquid ocean beneath the surface. If this is confirmed, then Titan will officially become the weirdest moon ever. Some of t... |
19 April 2011
03:38 GMT |
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Previous analysis of data sent back by the NASA Cassini orbiter determined that the surface of the Saturnine moon Titan was laden with active ice volcanoes. Geologists believed that these landforms helped shape the current landscape on the moon, but a new analysis argues that this was not the case.Investigators deter... |
8 April 2011
05:55 GMT |
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A collaboration of investigators from the United States has recently determined that ripples observable in the ice rings surrounding the planet Saturn were most likely produced by cometary collisions.The experts propose that cometary fragments that struck the gas giant about 10 years ago are responsible for generatin... |
1 April 2011
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Investigations carried out with the NASA Cassini orbiter around Saturn have revealed that the gas giant is sending out mixed radio signals. The planet's rotation causes variations in the radio waves it releases, but these variations are different between the northern and southern hemispheres.In addition, it was ... |
23 March 2011
05:32 GMT |
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Investigations conducted by the NASA Cassini spacecraft late last year allowed experts to discover that the deserts on Titan, the largest moon orbiting Saturn, were not as arid as first thought. Planetary scientists say it's no doubt the space probe readings indicate the presence of methane rain above them.At fi... |
18 March 2011
04:57 GMT |
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In-depth analysis of a series of datasets collected by a NASA spacecraft last year revealed a surprising level of activity on and near the surface of the Saturnine moon Enceladus. The investigation was conducted on information collected on March 12, 2010, by the Cassini orbiter.This spacecraft has been in orbit aroun... |
14 February 2011
09:09 GMT |
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The Saturnine moon Titan is undoubtedly one of the most interesting bodies in the solar system, and one of those that closest resemble Earth. Scientist now add a new feature to the list of similarities. Recently, they discovered what appeared to be cirrus clouds in the moon's atmosphere. The finding becomes very... |
4 February 2011
18:11 GMT |
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Experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have released the latest images of the Saturnine moon Rhea, that the Cassini space probe collected during its January 11 flyby of the space object. The NASA lab manages Cassini for the American space agency's Science Mission Directorate, in Washington DC. The spacec... |
14 January 2011
06:43 GMT |
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Officials from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who manage the space agency's Cassini mission to Saturn, announce that the spacecraft conducted a flyby of the Saturnine moon Rhea today, January 12. The icy moon was analyzed with a very specific purpose in mind, and that was making more sense of how the ... |
11 January 2011
05:03 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who managed the NASA Cassini orbiter around Saturn, are proud to announce that today is the ten-year anniversary of the moment when the spacecraft passed by Jupiter, on its way to its final target. The encounter took place on December 30, 2000, as Cassini was headi... |
30 December 2010
04:26 GMT |
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The NASA Cassini orbiter has produced new amazing photos of its target planet, the gas giant Saturn, when it managed to observe in detail a massive storm that erupted in the planet's northern hemisphere. Neighboring planets Saturn and Jupiter both feature complex weather patterns, but the difference between them... |
28 December 2010
02:45 GMT |
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Experts at the American space agency announced that their Cassini space probe had just carried out a new flyby of the Saturnine moon Enceladus, one of the most interesting bodies in our solar system.
The natural satellite is covered by a thick layer of ice, underneath which planetary scientists believe a liquid oc... |
21 December 2010
02:53 GMT |
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Experts were recently able to determine that the largest lake in the southern hemisphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan is in fact very shallow, and that its surface is not disturbed by any waves.
Given that the space body has an average temperature of nearly minus 180 degrees Celsius, it stands to reason th... |
18 December 2010
03:29 GMT |
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A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) have been monitoring a cyclone on Saturn for over a five-year period, and the images captured by the Cassini probe highly contributed to this study.
This actually makes it the longest-lasting cyclone ever discovered on one of the giant plane... |
16 December 2010
02:41 GMT |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland announce the discovery of a previously-unknown causal link between plasma explosions around Saturn and the periodic radio signals the gas giant's magnetic fields create.The results were derived from thorough an... |
15 December 2010
05:59 GMT |
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The largest moon around Saturn is renowned for the fact that its polar regions contain many liquid hydrocarbon lakes. But astronomers were recently able to determine that the object also features at least one ice volcano. According to the team that conducted the investigation, the contents of the volcano's eject... |
15 December 2010
02:41 GMT |
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The NASA Cassini spacecraft has just sent back new image and datasets of the Saturnine moon Enceladus, which it visited during a close flyby on November 30. The photos alone are amazing, showing the geysers at the moon's south pole in great detail.During the flyby, the orbiter swooshed about 48 kilometers (30 mi... |
2 December 2010
06:35 GMT |
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