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NASA to stage student science competition
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 07, 2008 |
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is giving U.S. students the chance to see what it's like to be a NASA scientist.
Spanish scientists confirm the existence of electric activity in Titan
Oct 22, 2008 |
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Physicists of the University of Granada and the University of Valencia (Spain) have developed a proceeding to analyse specific data sent by the Huygens probe from Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, proving "in an unequivocal ...
Saturn’s moon is source of solar system’s largest planetary ring
Mar 10, 2006 |
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Saturn's moon Enceladus is the source of Saturn's E-ring, confirms research published today. Writing in the journal Science, scientists show how a plume of icy water vapour bursting out of the South Pole o ...
Strings of Shadowy Rings Drape Saturn
Sep 17, 2004 |
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Saturn's ring shadows appear wrapped in a harmonious symphony with the planet in this color view from the Cassini spacecraft. Saturn and its rings would nearly fill the space between Earth and the Moon. Ye ...
Longest lightning storm on Saturn breaks Solar System record
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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A powerful lightning storm in Saturn’s atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System’s longest continuously observed thunderstorm. It broke the record duration of 7.5 months set by ...
NASA'S Cassini spacecraft captures Saturnian moon ballet
Jun 22, 2006 |
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The cold, icy orbs of the Saturn system come to life in a slew of new movie clips showing the ringed planet's moons in motion.
Cassini Goes On
Aug 24, 2004 |
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The Cassini spacecraft successfully completed a 51-minute engine burn that will raise its next closest approach distance to Saturn by nearly 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles). The maneuver was necessary to keep the spacec ...
NASA and the Universe Send a Celestial Valentine
Feb 14, 2005 |
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The candles are lit, the champagne is on ice. All you need now are flowers and a ring. This Valentine's Day, NASA's Spitzer and Cassini spacecraft provide you with both, in two engaging new images. NASA's Cassini-Huygens ...
Cassini Reveals Saturn's Eerie-Sounding Radio Emissions
Jul 25, 2005 |
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Saturn's radio emissions could be mistaken for a Halloween sound track. That's how two researchers describe their recent findings, published in the July 23 issue of the Geophysical Research Letters. Their pape ...
Four of Saturn's moons parade by their parent
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Mar 17, 2009 |
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On 24 February 2009, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a photo sequence of four moons of Saturn passing in front of their parent planet. The moons, from far left to right, are the white icy moons ...
Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons
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Sep 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the presence of another partial ring orbiting with a second moon. This ...
Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang on to Summer
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Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.
First measurement of Titan’s winds from Huygens
Feb 09, 2005 |
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Using a global network of radio telescopes, scientists have measured the speed of the winds faced by Huygens during its descent through the atmosphere of Titan. This measurement could not be done from space because of a configuration problem with one ...
Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Saturn’s orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new Cassini data. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting ...
Cassini finds evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan
Jul 25, 2006 |
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The Cassini spacecraft, using its radar system, has discovered very strong evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Dark patches, which resemble terrestrial lakes, seem to be sprinkled all over the high latitudes ...
