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Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of Saturn
Jan 04, 2008 |
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Despite more than a decade of winter darkness, Saturn's north pole is home to an unexpected hot spot remarkably similar to one at the planet's sunny south pole. The source of its heat is a mystery. Now, the ...
Return to Europa: A closer look is possible
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2007 |
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Jupiter’s moon Europa is just as far away as ever, but new research is bringing scientists closer to being able to explore its tantalizing ice-covered ocean and determine its potential for harboring life.
Saturn's Rings May Be As Old As Solar System
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Dec 13, 2007 |
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New observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicate the rings of Saturn, once thought to have formed during the age of the dinosaurs, instead may have been created roughly 4.5 billion years ago when the ...
Planetary scientists close in on Saturn’s elusive rotation
Dec 12, 2007 |
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Somewhere deep below Saturn’s cloud tops, the planet rotates at a constant speed. Determining this interior period of rotation has proven extremely complicated. Now, with new Cassini results, a team of European ...
Hot spot on Enceladus causes plumes
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Dec 10, 2007 |
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Enceladus, the tiny satellite of Saturn, is colder than ice, but data gathered by the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan has detected a hot spot that could mean there is life in the old moon after ...
Images of Saturn's Small Moons Tell the Story of Their Origins
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Dec 06, 2007 |
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Imaging scientists on NASA's Cassini mission are telling a tale of how the small moons orbiting near the outer rings of Saturn came to be. The moons began as leftover shards from larger bodies that broke apart ...
Planning Made Easier: Engineers Develop Software Solution for Complex Space Missions
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2007 |
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Sending an unmanned spacecraft to the outer fringes of the solar system requires extensive planning. At the University of Missouri, engineers have developed an efficient and highly sophisticated mathematical algorithm (implemented ...
Organic 'building blocks' discovered in Titan's atmosphere
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Nov 28, 2007 |
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Scientists analysing data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft have confirmed the presence of heavy negative ions in the upper regions of Titan’s atmosphere. These particles may act as organic building blocks ...
Scientists detect first known belt of moonlets in Saturn's rings
Oct 24, 2007 |
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A narrow belt harboring moonlets as large as football stadiums discovered in Saturn's outermost ring probably resulted when a larger moon was shattered by a wayward asteroid or comet eons ago, according to ...
Cosmic Vision 2015-2025: and the candidate missions are...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2007 |
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The first steps of the next great phase of European space science have been taken! At its meeting held on 17-18 October 2007 in Paris, ESA’s Space Science Advisory Committee (SSAC) selected the new candidates ...
Cassini Mission to Saturn Celebrates 10 Years Since Launch
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Oct 12, 2007 |
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Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its launch from Cape Canaveral, the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn is once again at the center of scientific attention. Its latest discoveries about the ringed planet ...
Methane drizzle on Saturn's moon Titan
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Oct 11, 2007 |
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Noted for its bizarre hydrocarbon lakes and frozen methane clouds, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, also appears to have widespread drizzles of methane, according to a team of astronomers at the University of ...
Cassini's new view of land of lakes and seas
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Oct 11, 2007 |
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The best views of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn's moon Titan taken by the Cassini spacecraft are being released today.
Cassini Pinpoints Hot Sources of Jets on Enceladus
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Oct 10, 2007 |
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A recent analysis of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides conclusive evidence that the jets of fine, icy particles spraying from Saturn's moon Enceladus originate from the hottest spots on the moon's ...
Cassini is on the Trail of a Runaway Mystery
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 08, 2007 |
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NASA scientists are on the trail of Iapetus' mysterious dark side, which seems to be home to a bizarre "runaway" process that is transporting vaporized water ice from the dark areas to the white areas of the ...
