![]() Cassini sees collisions of moonlets on Saturn's ringA 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 ... |
![]() Radio Telescopes to Keep Sharp Eye on Mars LanderAs 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). ... |
![]() Cassini Spacecraft Tracks Raging Saturn StormAs 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 YorkThe 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. |
![]() NASA Extends Cassini's Grand Tour of SaturnNASA is extending the international Cassini-Huygens mission by two years. The historic spacecraft's stunning discoveries and images have revolutionized our knowledge of Saturn and its moons. |
![]() Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan's CrustNASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation ... |
![]() The Vanishing Rings of SaturnSaturn: jewel of the solar system, taker of breaths, ringed beauty. Even veteran astronomers can't help but gasp when they see her through a small telescope. Red Alert: Saturn's rings are vanishing. |
![]() Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on EarthSaturn’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 ... |
![]() Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of SaturnDespite 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 ... |
![]() Hot spot on Enceladus causes plumesEnceladus, 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 ... |
![]() Cassini Mission to Saturn Celebrates 10 Years Since LaunchCelebrating 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 TitanNoted 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 ... |
![]() Fasten your seat belts -- turbulent lessons from TitanHave you spilled your drink on an airliner? Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are finding new ways to understand turbulence, both in the Earth's atmosphere and that of Saturn's moon Titan. |
![]() Scientists present new results from Huygens probeToday, two and a half years after the historic landing of ESA’s Huygens probe on Titan, a new set of results on Saturn’s largest moon is ready to be presented. Titan, as seen through the eyes of Huygens still ... |
Building our new view of TitanTwo and a half years after the historic landing of ESA’s Huygens probe on Titan, a new set of results on Saturn’s largest moon is ready to be presented. Titan, as seen through the eyes of the European Space Agency’s Huygens ... |