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“Fingers” of Plasma Invade Saturn’s Magnetic Field
NASA's Cassini probe recently observed mysterious, huge amounts of plasma on the fringes of Saturn's magnetic field; surprisingly, they were ...
Beneath Enceladus’ icy crust lies a global ocean of liquid water
Saturn's moon, Enceladus, is covered in a thick icy crust, but beneath it might lie an ocean of liquid water ...
Biggest Planets Started out as Tiny Pebbles
Gas giants like Saturn or Jupiter may have formed not from a planetary core, but rather from tiny pebbles that ...
NASA’s Cassini Shuttle Takes Spectacular Photos of Saturn’s Moon Dione
The Cassini shuttle, that has been in Saturn's orbit since 2004, took some spectacular images of the rather elusive moon, ...
Astronomers find huge lava lake on Jupiter’s moon Io
Scientists analyzing data from the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory in Arizona spotted a huge lava lake on Io, one of Jupiter's ...
NASA wants to explore Titan’s methane oceans with a robot submarine
At this years' Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium, NASA's Glenn COMPASS Team discussed at large the possibility of exploring Titan, ...
Saturn’s Moon Titan has Strong Winds and Hydrocarbon Dunes
New experimental research found that Saturn's largest Moon, Titan, has much stronger winds than previously believed. These rogue winds actually ...
New ‘Mystery Islands’ found on Titan’s Methane Sea
The enduring Cassini spacecraft returns with new insight into the hydrocarbon seas from Saturn's moon Titan. The latest findings were ...
Cassini captures stunning picture of Titan’s seas
Saturn's Moon Titan is a remarkable place; it's the only place aside for the Earth which has liquids on its ...
Never before seen “magic island” pops up on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Titan's Ligeia Mare. Image via NASA. Astronomers have discovered a previously unspotted geological feature on Saturn's ...
Ocean discovered on Enceladus may be best place to look for alien life
Earth is not the only place in the solar system to hold watery oceans: Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons also ...
Water churned up from Saturn’s depths by massive storm
If you were to look at them from the safety and serenity of your home, the gas giants of our ...
Breathtaking photo captured by Cassini shows Earth as seen from Saturn
(c) NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE That faint blue dot at the center of this beautiful composition is ...
It’s raining on Saturn! Water falling from its rings, observations find
This artist's concept illustrates how charged water particles flow into the Saturnian atmosphere from the planet's ...
Cassini Spies Bright Venus From Saturn Orbit
This is a true-color picture of Saturn and Venus. The bright arc is the limb of ...
Cassini sheds light on cosmic particle accelerators
During a chance encounter with an unusually strong blast of solar wind at Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected particles being ...
Iapetus – the black-and-white walnut Moon
Iapetus is the third largest moon of Saturn, with a radius of about 42% that of our moon, and a ...
Pacman spotted in Saturn system for the second time
Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted two features shaped like the 1980s video game icon ...
Saturn creates largest, hottest gas storm ever recorded in the Solar System
The Cassini spacecraft recorded the aftermath of the largest, hottest gas vortex ever recorded in our solar system, making astrophysicists ...
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