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Fantastic Voyage
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2009 |
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By travelling to the outer solar system, the two Voyager spacecraft allowed us to see amazing details of far-distant planets and moons.
Scientists discover storms in the tropics of Titan
Aug 12, 2009 |
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For all its similarities to Earth -- clouds that pour rain (albeit liquid methane not liquid water) onto the surface producing lakes and rivers, vast dune fields in desert-like regions, plus a smoggy orange ...
Saturn Moon Could Power 150 Billion Labor Day Barbecues
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Since its discovery by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens in 1655, Saturn's most massive moon, Titan, has been known as a place of mystery and intrigue. The large, cloud-enshrouded moon is ...
Scientists unravel the chemistry of Titan's hazy atmosphere
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2009 |
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A team of University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers led by Ralf Kaiser, physical chemist at UH Mānoa, unraveled the chemical evolution of the orange-brownish colored atmosphere of Saturn's moon ...
Surface features on Titan form like Earth's, but with a frigid twist
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Saturn's haze-enshrouded moon Titan turns out to have much in common with Earth in the way that weather and geology shape its terrain, according to two pieces of research to be presented at the XXVII General ...
Four of Saturn's moons parade by their parent
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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 ...
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 to Pull Celestial Houdini on August 11
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1918, magician extraordinaire Harry Houdini created a sensation when he made a 10,000 pound elephant disappear before a mystified audience of over 5,200 at New York's famed Hippodrome theatre. ...
Cassini flyby of Saturn moon offers insight into solar system history
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 07, 2008 |
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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.
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 instrument confirms liquid surface lake on Titan
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2008 |
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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 ...
Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2008 |
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(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 sees collisions of moonlets on Saturn's ring
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 05, 2008 |
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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 ...
Cassini Spacecraft Tracks Raging Saturn Storm
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2008 |
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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.
NASA Extends Cassini's Grand Tour of Saturn
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2008 |
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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.
