Source Of Geysers On Saturn's Moon Enceladus May Be Underground Water
Saturn's moon may have
underground water which is
spewing plumes of water
vapor into space through
geysers. Scientists found
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Cassini Finds Mysterious New Aurora On Saturn
Saturn has its own unique
brand of aurora that lights
up the polar cap, unlike any
other planetary aurora known
in our solar system. This
odd aurora revealed itself
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Giant Cyclones At Saturn's Poles Create A Swirl Of Mystery
New images from NASA's
Cassini spacecraft reveal a
giant cyclone at Saturn's
north pole, and show that a
similarly monstrous cyclone
churning at Saturn's south
... > full story
Space Fly-by Reveals New Insights Into Titan's Life
Cracking the secrets of the
atmosphere of Titan,
Saturn's mysterious moon,
and how planetary
atmospheres evolve, have
come a step closer after
... > full story
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Cassini Flyby Of Saturn Moon Offers Insight Into Solar System History
October 7, 2008 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 ... > full story -
Saturn’s Radio Broadcasters Mapped In 3D For First Time
October 5, 2008 Observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have been used to build, for the first time, a 3-D picture of the sources of intense radio emissions in Saturn's magnetic field, known as the Saturn ... > full story -
Saturn's Rings May Be More Massive, Older, Than Previously Thought
September 23, 2008 Saturn’s rings may be more massive than previously thought, and potentially much older, according to calculations that simulate colliding particles in Saturn’s rings and their erosion by ... > full story -
Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons
September 8, 2008 NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the presence of another partial ring orbiting with a second ... > full story -
Cassini Pinpoints Source Of Jets On Saturn's Moon Enceladus
August 15, 2008 In a feat of interplanetary sharpshooting, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has pinpointed precisely where the icy jets erupt from the surface of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus. New carefully ... > full story -
Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby
August 12, 2008 The Cassini spacecraft has begun sending data to Earth following a close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. During closest approach, Cassini successfully passed only 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the ... > full story -
Electrical Activity On Saturn's Moon Titan Confirmed By Spanish Scientists
July 29, 2008 Physicists have developed a procedure for analyzing specific data sent by the Huygens probe from Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons, "unequivocally" proving that there is natural electrical ... > full story -
Cassini To Earth: 'Mission Accomplished, But New Questions Await!'
June 29, 2008 NASA's Cassini mission is closing one chapter of its journey at Saturn and embarking on a new one with a two-year mission that will address new questions and bring it closer to two of its most ... > full story -
Cassini Sees Collisions Of Moonlets On Saturn's Ring
June 6, 2008 A team of scientists 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 has long ... > full story -
NASA Spacecraft Tracks Raging Saturn Storm
April 30, 2008 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 ... > full story
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