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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.
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8 February 2012
11:04 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
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Researchers have recently determined that hadal zones in our planet's oceans can be used as proxies for how similar features may look like on alien worlds. Some of these locations may include the Jovian moon Europa or the Saturnine moon Enceladus.
Both these worlds are covered in thick ice, and are suspected o... |
8 November 2011
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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
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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
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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
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Thanks to the most advanced space telescope ever built, researchers managed to establish that the influence the icy moon Enceladus exerts on Saturn is a lot more significant than originally thought. Apparently, the smaller body is the source of water vapors in the gas giant's atmosphere.
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22 September 2011
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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
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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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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
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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
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Using the latest data collected by the NASA Cassini orbiter, astronomers were able to determine that the moon Enceladus plays an important role in the creation of auroras on its home planet, Saturn. Investigators learned that the moon releases massive plumes of electrically-charged particles, and that these surges fl... |
21 April 2011
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A group of astronomers has recently learned that the south pole region of the moon Enceladus is emanating a lot more heat energy than Earth's most active geologic hot spot, the Yellowstone Volcano. This is completely unexpected, especially considering that the average temperatures on the Saturnine moon are aroun... |
8 March 2011
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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
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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
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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
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A group of researchers drilling underneath the Antarctic ice sheet in 2009 made an amazing discovery when they identified an ampiphod swimming some 12.5 miles away from open water. Researchers now say that the finding has great implications for how life may endure on other worlds.Though many moons in the solar system... |
7 January 2011
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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
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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
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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
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A group of researchers analyzing data sent back by the NASA Cassini spacecraft announce that studies of the fissures on the surface of the Saturnine moon Enceladus revealed an unexpected complexity.The formations are also warmer than the space probe initially led astronomers to believe. The images and data used for t... |
1 December 2010
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Experts at the American space agency announce that they were successful in restoring all functionality to the Cassini spacecraft, which was affected by a computer glitch on November 2.The malfunction, which was most likely owed to a solar storm damaging a data transmission coming from Earth, forced its computers into... |
25 November 2010
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On November 30 and December 21, astronomers will have new opportunities to conduct in-depth studies of the surface of the peculiar Saturnine moon Enceladus, which features geysers at its South Pole. This space body has captured the imagination of experts for years, since the NASA Cassini probe first entered orbit aro... |
24 November 2010
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A lot of ink has been spilled over the liquid ocean that is believed to exist below the icy crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus, and yet few observed the fact that the discussion shouldn't have existed at all. We now take for granted that the geysers at the moon's South Pole emit water particles and organ... |
7 October 2010
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A team of investigators reveals a new possible explanation for the geysers on the surface of the Saturnine moon Enceladus, which holds that the liquid ocean underneath exhibits a 'Perrier effect' of sorts. Since the NASA Cassini orbiter has been orbiting the gas giant, astronomers have been surprised to dis... |
6 October 2010
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The NASA spacecraft Cassini has completed its latest distant flyby of Enceladus, one of Saturn's most interesting moons, and has just finished sending back the first raw and uncalibrated images.Although the fully-validated and calibrated photos will only be made available through the NASA Planetary Data System i... |
16 August 2010
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Scientists at NASA announce that the Cassini spacecraft will do another flyby of the interesting Saturnine moon Enceladus today, August 13.The target of the flight will be landscape features known as “tiger stripes,” which have made the moon famous around the world. They are located at Enceladus' sou... |
13 August 2010
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NASA experts announce that their Cassini spacecraft has just finished capturing a new series of stunning photos depicting the moon Enceladus. The space rock is one of the most interesting currently in orbit around the gas giant Saturn, which Cassini has been studying since July 1, 2004. During the course of the new d... |
20 May 2010
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It's not very often that the NASA Cassini spacecraft has the opportunity to perform double flybys. In fact, only a handful of such instances have occurred since July 1, 2004, when the orbiter achieved insertion in Saturn's orbit. The probe has been keeping an eye on the gas giant, its stripes, rings and moo... |
18 May 2010
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Last week, the NASA Cassini spacecraft performed a flyby around Enceladus, one of Saturn's most interesting moons. The mission was not an active one in the strictest sense of the word, but rather aimed at measuring the space rock's gravitational pull. This was done by not activating the probe's instrum... |
3 May 2010
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Since July 2004, the NASA Cassini spacecraft has been conducting remarkable scientific observations around the gas giant Saturn. In addition to looking at the planet and its intricate ring system, the probe has also carried out numerous flybys of its many moons, providing astronomers with a wealth of data about many ... |
27 April 2010
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The gas giant Saturn is surrounded by a large, protective layer of magnetic fields, called a magnetosphere, which protects its surface from the effects of solar flares and cosmic rays. This atmospheric layer is filled with electrically charged particles called plasma, which are affected by both the planet and the man... |
15 April 2010
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When the NASA/ESA spacecraft Cassini first discovered that the Saturnine moon Enceladus was spewing out plumes of ice and water vapors from cracks at its south pole, they were amazed. This was a one-of-a-kind observation, and it changed the way astronomers looked at the gas giant's rings. Cassini revealed that s... |
24 March 2010
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Researchers managing the NASA/ESA Cassini mission to Saturn have published two new scientific papers, showing the progress that has been achieved in the nearly 6 years since the orbiter has been observing the gas giant. The amount of data that this particular spacecraft is without equal in terms of quantity and quali... |
19 March 2010
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Since 2004, the NASA/ESA space probe Cassini has delivered amazing new information about the system that is Saturn and its moons. A whole range of phenomena were finally explained using models created from these datasets, while other mysteries deepened the more investigators looked at them. But Cassini managed to mak... |
24 February 2010
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New data collected by the Cassini spacecraft has demonstrated once again that the possibility of a liquid ocean existing underneath the icy surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus is very significant. During its last fly-by of the celestial body, the NASA/ESA mission managed to discover clouds of negatively-charged w... |
9 February 2010
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The moons of Saturn are undoubtedly some of the most peculiar space objects in the solar system. More specifically, Titan and Enceladus take the spotlight when it comes to unusual phenomena that happen on their surface. Enceladus is covered by a thick ice crust, which releases blobs of warmer ice than that on its sur... |
2 February 2010
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The South Pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the most peculiar regions in the solar system. For quite some time, astronomers have known that weird heat-related phenomena take place there, and also that the crust appears to be churned from the inside. Numerous theories aimed at explaining why this is the c... |
12 January 2010
08:38 GMT |
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Recent investigations have determined that ice particles make up for more than half of contents inside the plumes that come out of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The discovery questions previous knowledge, which held that only about ten to 20 percent of the plumes were ice, with the rest being made of water vapor. Acc... |
21 December 2009
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The Cassini spacecraft has just sent back the latest pictures that it made of Saturn's moon Enceladus, during the last planned flyby it made of the celestial body as part of its mission. For the next eight years, the moon will enter the “shadows” of winter, as the planet begins its long, cold season.... |
23 November 2009
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This Saturday, November 21, the Cassini spacecraft will perform its last flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus, before the planet enters its winter season. Once that happens, darkness will blanket the moon for several years, and its doubtful that the space probe, already in its mission-extension period, will last unt... |
20 November 2009
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The joint NASA/ESA mission Cassini-Huygens, currently in orbit around Saturn, has recently beamed back some amazing photos of a beautiful geyser eruption that took place on the moon Enceladus. The experts who investigated the images say that the emissions consisted mainly of water vapors, bringing further proof that ... |
5 November 2009
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Since the Cassini spacecraft sent back images showing the freezing moon Enceladus, around Saturn, spewing out vapors of water, the international astronomical community has entered a frenzy, and also a heated scientific debate. Some scientists argue that the observations prove there is an ocean of liquid water under t... |
13 October 2009
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Methane is a rather unstable gas when exposed to sunlight, and it is easily broken up into its organic constituents after moderate exposure times, chemists say. Finding it on other planets is an equally difficult task for the same reasons, and that is why astronomers could not believe their eyes when it was clearly e... |
6 August 2009
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According to recent reports, it may be that the thing keeping the liquid water and vapors on the icy Saturn moon Enceladus from freezing is nothing else than a natural form of antifreeze. The most important chemical in such a cocktail is ammonia, which has the ability to significantly alter the temperature points at ... |
23 July 2009
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Saturn's moon Enceladus is, in many aspects, one of the most peculiar celestial bodies in the solar system. Once regarded as nothing more than a ball of frozen ice and dust, it revealed itself in 2006 to be still active, and potentially even harboring liquid water underneath the surface. Additionally, its weird ... |
21 July 2009
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The Cassini-Huygens space probe is arguably one of the most important missions NASA ever sent out into the solar system, in terms of return benefits and information accuracy. The craft has thus far managed to discover new moons around Saturn, and to offer invaluable scientific data on interesting natural satellites s... |
25 June 2009
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