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Cassini sees collisions of moonlets on Saturn's ring

Jun 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

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 ...


Radio Telescopes to Keep Sharp Eye on Mars Lander

May 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

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). ...


Cassini Spacecraft Tracks Raging Saturn Storm

Apr 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

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

Apr 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

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.


NASA Extends Cassini's Grand Tour of Saturn

Apr 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

NASA 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 Crust

Mar 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 24 vote(s) | pda version

NASA'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 Saturn

Mar 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | pda version

Saturn: 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 Earth

Feb 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 84 vote(s) | pda version

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 ...


Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of Saturn

Jan 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | pda version

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 ...


Hot spot on Enceladus causes plumes

Dec 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | pda version

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 ...


Cassini Mission to Saturn Celebrates 10 Years Since Launch

Oct 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

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

Oct 11, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

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 ...


Fasten your seat belts -- turbulent lessons from Titan

Aug 28, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s) | pda version

Have 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 probe

Jun 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 42 vote(s) | pda version

Today, 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 Titan

Jun 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

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 the European Space Agency’s Huygens ...


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