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 ...
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 ...
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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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Mission controllers reacting to the end of the Cassini mission at Saturn will make you emotional
SEE ALSO: Cassini, one of humanity's best spacecraft, is officially dead at Saturn Even though the mission's end was planned for years, it didn't make it any easier to watch lines of data come ...
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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 hydrocarbons discovered by Cassini when the spacecraft flew through Enceladus's plumes included carbon-bearing molecules like formaldehyde, acetylene, propane, and methane, which is evidence ...
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This week is Minnesota’s best chance to see rare parade of seven planets
This Jan. 2, 2010 image made available by NASA shows the planet Saturn, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via AP) ...