Cassini flyby of Saturn moon offers insight into solar system history

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Oct 07, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (17) | 0

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to fly within 16 miles of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9 and measure molecules in its space environment that could give insight into the history of the solar system.

Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons

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Sep 05, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (7) | 0

(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 Pinpoints Source of Jets on Saturn's Moon Enceladus

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Aug 15, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (29) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a feat of interplanetary sharpshooting, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has pinpointed precisely where the icy jets erupt from the surface of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus.

Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby

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Aug 12, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (11) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after 9:03 p.m. Pacific Time, the Cassini spacecraft began sending data to Earth following a close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. During closest approach, Cassini successfully passed ...

Cassini Prepares to Swoop by Saturn's Geyser-Spewing Moon

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Aug 07, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (10) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fractures, or "tiger stripes," where icy jets erupt on Saturn's moon Enceladus will be the target of a close flyby by the Cassini spacecraft on Monday, Aug. 11.

Cassini instrument confirms liquid surface lake on Titan

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Jul 30, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (28) | 4

Scientists have confirmed that at least one body in our solar system, other than Earth, has a surface liquid lake. Using an instrument on NASA's Cassini orbiter, they discovered that a lake-like feature in ...

Planets Align for the 4th of July

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Jul 02, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (19) | 0

News Flash: On 4th of July weekend, NASA forecasts lights in the sky. No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of sunset, a trio of worlds ...

First images of solar system's invisible frontier

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Jul 02, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (35) | 5

NASA's sun-focused STEREO spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year, allowing University of California, Berkeley, scientists to map for the first time the energized ...

CU-Boulder returns $3M to NASA in satellite design, operation cost savings

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Jun 17, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

The University of Colorado at Boulder took an unusual step today by returning nearly $3 million in cost savings to NASA for an award-winning satellite mission designed, built and controlled by the university ...

Cassini sees collisions of moonlets on Saturn's ring

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Jun 05, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (17) | 1

A team of scientists led from the UK has discovered that the rapid changes in Saturn's F ring can be attributed to small moonlets causing perturbations. Their results are reported in Nature. Saturn's F ring ...

Radio Telescopes to Keep Sharp Eye on Mars Lander

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May 23, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 0

As NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander descends through the Red Planet's atmosphere toward its landing on May 25, its progress will be scrutinized by radio telescopes from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). ...

Saturn Does the Wave in Its Atmosphere

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May 07, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (11) | 0

Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years.

Cassini Spacecraft Tracks Raging Saturn Storm

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Apr 29, 2008 | 4 / 5 (12) | 1

As a powerful electrical storm rages on Saturn with lightning bolts 10,000 times more powerful than those found on Earth, the Cassini spacecraft continues its five-month watch over the dramatic events.

Saturn images to be displayed in New York

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Apr 21, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration says some of the best images from Saturn and the planet's rings and moons will be displayed in New York.

Mars radar opens up a planet’s third dimension

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Apr 17, 2008 | 4 / 5 (20) | 1

ESA’s Mars Express radar sounder, MARSIS, has looked beneath the martian surface and opened up the third dimension for planetary exploration. The technique’s success is prompting scientists to think of all ...