News tagged with moons surface
Cassini Prepares to Swoop by Saturn's Geyser-Spewing Moon
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Aug 07, 2008 |
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(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.
Mars Express to rendezvous with Martian moon
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Jul 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers are preparing ESA’s Mars Express for a pair of close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos. Passing within 100 km of the surface, Mars Express will conduct some of the ...
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Journey to Saturn From Your Computer
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Feb 01, 2008 |
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Want a peek at Saturn as seen from space? A new interactive 3-D viewer that uses a game engine and allows users to travel to Saturn and see it the way the Cassini spacecraft sees it is now online at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/CASSIE ...
Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, is a 'cosmic graffiti artist,' astronomers discover
Feb 08, 2007 |
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Astronomers from the University of Virginia and other institutions have found that Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, is a "cosmic graffiti artist," pelting the surfaces of at least 11 other moons ...
How the moon got its stripes
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Jul 15, 2009 |
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A new study has revealed the origins of tiger stripes and a subsurface ocean on Enceladus- one of Saturn's many moons. These geological features are believed to be the result of the moon's unusual chemical ...
Four of Saturn's moons parade by their parent
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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 ...
MRO Spacecraft Images Mars Moon in Color and in 3D
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Apr 09, 2008 |
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A new stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars' two tiny moons, has been captured by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars.
Cassini finds mingling moons may share a dark past
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Despite the incredible diversity of Saturn’s icy moons, theirs is a story of great interaction. Some are pock-marked, some seemingly dirty, others pristine, one spongy, one two-faced, some still spewing with ...
Scientist Explains Why Jupiter's Moon Europa Could Have Energetic Liquid Oceans
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Dec 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists used to think that Jupiter and its moons - and most other bodies orbiting far from the Sun - were cold, icy, and probably barren. When the Voyager spacecraft flew by in the late ...
New Views of Martian Moons
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Nov 28, 2007 |
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These two images taken by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) show Mars' two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, as seen from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's low orbit around Mars. ...
Successful first test of high speed 'penetrator'
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Jun 09, 2008 |
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High speed ‘penetrators’ that could one day be used to breach the surface of planets have successfully passed their first test in the UK, accelerating to 700 miles per hour before striking their target. A team led by University ...
New study of solar system speculates about life on other planets
Sep 12, 2006 |
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A comprehensive review by leading scientists about our Solar System which speculates on the possibility of life on other planets has been published. Solar System Update brings together the work of 19 physicists, astronomers, ...
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