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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 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
02:33 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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A team of astronomers challenges the established idea that Saturn's massive rings formed when a comet passed too close to the planet, or when such a body struck one of its moons. The new idea holds that the structures appeared as a result of a collision between Saturn and a very large moon.
The group believes... |
13 December 2010
02:34 GMT |
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Astronomers have recently discovered the the motion and behavior exhibited by Saturn's rings could be very similar to the same traits displayed by the entire spiral arm of a galaxy. In other words, it could be that the same physical principle underlie the action of both bodies, which is an amazing finding, becau... |
2 November 2010
03:55 GMT |
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Experts from NASA announce that new data on Saturn's inner moons seem to indicate that the large amount of scars they have on their surfaces was produced by a cosmic bombardment.These cosmic events mostly affected the gas giant's inner, mid-sized moons, including Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea. Al... |
8 October 2010
02:19 GMT |
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Though the issue of where Saturn's famous rings came from has been debated extensively, a researcher now proposes a groundbreaking new explanation for the peculiar structures. The expert proposes that the beautiful and thin rings that surround the gas giant are the remnants of a Titan-sized moon that slammed int... |
6 October 2010
10:34 GMT |
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One of the largest moons in the solar system may be contributing to keeping one of the dust rings around the gas giant Saturn opened and cracked. The investigation that led to this conclusion was carried out using the Cassini orbiter, a spacecraft managed by experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pas... |
5 October 2010
08:39 GMT |
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A new finding shows that massive galaxies that are extremely old can be infused with new “life.” Researchers identified massive rings of ultraviolet light surrounding them, and say that these structures represent a “second lease on life” for the aging space formations.These rings, which are on... |
12 August 2010
04:46 GMT |
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For many years, physicists and laymen alike thought that bursting bubbles was a fairly clear-cut phenomena – simply breach their surface, and the sphere would disintegrate. In new studies, experts are, however, beginning to show the holes in this idea, arguing that the process is a lot more complex than visible... |
10 June 2010
09:58 GMT |
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Saturn is surrounded by a host of moons, some of them large and very interesting, and others arguably less so. But the gas giant also features some very weird moonlets, cosmic objects that are too small to merit any additional investigation, but which exist around the planet nonetheless. In a groundbreaking new study... |
10 June 2010
03:28 GMT |
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Since 1610, when Galileo first spotted the rings around Saturn using a primitive telescope, astronomers have been fascinated with these remarkable features of the gas giant. In the ensuing 400 years, much data has been collected about a wide array of traits governing them, and significant progress has been made. With... |
6 April 2010
09:52 GMT |
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New studies appear to demonstrate that the intricate patterns carved up in the rings of the gas giant Saturn are somehow connected to the history of the solar system. More than 400 years after Galileo first discovered the enormous planet, researchers are starting to get new insight into how the two are related. This ... |
15 March 2010
09:29 GMT |
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On September 22, 2009, around the time Saturn experienced its once-in-15-years equinox, the Cassini spacecraft imaged peculiar, cloud-like formations hovering above the gas giant's famous rings. The bright clouds contained luminous ice particles, a detailed analysis of the photographs revealed. During the equino... |
14 November 2009
06:35 GMT |
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Saturn, the second-largest planet in the solar system, features a large number of rings, some of which usually experience a brief “night,” lasting from six to 14 hours. At times, however, the entire ring system is engulfed by shadows, when the planet reaches its equinox. This happens once every 15 Earth y... |
24 October 2009
06:53 GMT |
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The idea that electric “continuous currents” flowed inside small metal rings indefinitely was proposed since the earliest days of quantum physics, in the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was stated that the currents were small, but that they flowed through the rings indefinitely, regardless of whether or ... |
9 October 2009
08:37 GMT |
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The image most of us have of Saturn is that of a gas giant closely surrounded by its rings, which are very thin, yet very wide. Now, astronomers prove us wrong, showing that the planet indeed has another, massive ring around it, which extends as much as 13 million kilometers away from it, around the moon Phoebe. This... |
7 October 2009
05:40 GMT |
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Saturn has been around the solar system for a while. But, of all the equinoxes it had since its formation, it was only this one that was observed directly with a probe right on the spot, the Cassini spacecraft. It revealed new and stunning images, which show new, previously unidentified quirks in the gas giant's... |
22 September 2009
02:40 GMT |
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Ever since the 17th century, when Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered that Saturn had rings around it, astronomers and astrophysicists have been trying to come up with a plausible explanation for how they were formed and why. To this day, the answer has eluded them, and each new scientific find about the pl... |
24 August 2009
16:51 GMT |
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Tomorrow, August 11, the planet Saturn will perform one of the most amazing “magic” tricks ever seen in the solar system, as it will make its enormous rings, comprised of trillions of trillions of ice and dust, simply vanish and not show on any telescopes. All it needs to do this is the correct sunlight, ... |
10 August 2009
05:44 GMT |
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According to mission controllers for the Cassini spacecraft, a new object has been found lurking in one of Saturn's rings. The elusive body has thus far not been discovered because of the angles at which the probe moved around the planet, and also because the conditions were right for these types of observations... |
10 August 2009
03:48 GMT |
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Don't worry. The famous probe is not out of control, however NASA will turn over control of the spacecraft to students during June 10, in a contest with the role of raising the interest of the youth in science. The contest will be attended by students from the 5th to 12th grades, that will write essays to NASA i... |
5 April 2008
04:22 GMT |
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Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system and probably the most beautiful of all, aside Earth maybe. Its beautiful rings are simply breathtaking, thus even some of the most experienced astronomers cannot help themselves from taking a peek through the telescope from time to time to see its rings. However... |
19 March 2008
09:38 GMT |
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The Saturn system is well known for its unique configuration. Being the second largest planet in the solar system, Saturn distinguishes itself from the other gas giants through a large ring of debris orbiting around it and the large number of moons - over 60 moons. Now Cassini promises to add yet another unique featu... |
7 March 2008
02:45 GMT |
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Although it is not the biggest planet in the solar system, it is certainly one of the most spectacular: truly a miniature solar system, with more than 63 moons orbiting around it and a beautiful ring of debris hovering above its equator. A unique feature, even though Uranus also has a dim ring around it. As of 24 of ... |
27 February 2008
04:28 GMT |
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Saturn's rings are one of its most distinct features, and although other planets in the solar system present rings of particles, they are not so obvious. They where first predicted to exist in the middle of the 17th century by Christian Huygens and viewed for the first time by Galileo Galilei with his telescope.... |
13 December 2007
03:36 GMT |
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As much as I'd want to, this ain't a wacky sex toy, but a serious and sophisticated GPS interface that wasn't created to discover your mythical G spot, but to spot your location in case you're lost somewhere in the city. So, ladies, each rough plastic rings contain a vibrator that guides you to yo... |
20 July 2007
03:41 GMT |
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Billy Hatcher has a unique style of gameplay revolving around rolling eggs. The player controls the hero, Billy, who cannot do much by himself aside from moving and jumping. However, he becomes a powerhouse once he finds an egg. While rolling an egg, Billy moves faster and is more agile. He can also dash, throw and r... |
4 July 2007
09:28 GMT |
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Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter, and also a gas giant. Named after the Roman god Saturnus, it has a prominent system of rings, easy to spot with even a low-end observation equipment.At first glance, Saturn's rings may appear solid when viewed from Earth, due to the density... |
23 May 2007
02:58 GMT |
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The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar has just been released a week ago, set in a fictional fantasy universe created by J. R. R. Tolkien, Middle-Earth. The MMO allows marriages between characters and even between those of the same sex, but all this is about to change, as Turbine designer Nik Davidson told ... |
2 May 2007
02:36 GMT |
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