Image of Saturn in Cassini spacecraft's 'final moments' isn't what it seems
The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera at a distance of 394,000 miles (634,000 ...
Astronomers find Saturn has 128 more moons in rare discovery
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
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Rolling boulders on Titan could threaten NASA's Dragonfly mission
The wind on Saturn's largest moon is strong enough to blow around rocks of up to half a metre in diameter, which could put ...
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Saturn’s Rings to Disappear From View This Week—And Be Gone Forever in 100 Million Years
Saturn’s iconic rings will briefly vanish from view, a rare astronomical event caused by a quirk of planetary alignment. As ...
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Cryovolcanism on Titan may replenish its thick atmosphere
Experiments suggest that processes in the interior of the moon could keep it swathed in an atmosphere that should otherwise ...
Saturn now has a ridiculous number of moons
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
Saturn Now Has 274 Moons But Exactly What Makes Something A Moon Remains Unclear
Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons , as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team ...
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Geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus may not come from its underground ocean
A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...
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Mission concept proposes sampling Enceladus's subsurface ocean
The TIGRE mission concept comes more than seven years after NASA's Cassini-Huygen mission ended by performing an intentional dive into Saturn, resulting in Cassini breaking apart in Saturn's ...