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Cassini Makes Successful Flight Through Plume Of Saturn's Moon Enceladus
The Cassini spacecraft has
weathered the Monday, Nov.
2, flyby of Saturn's moon
Enceladus in good health and
has been sending images and
... > full story
Long Night Falls Over Saturn's Rings
As Saturn's rings orbit the
planet, a section is
typically in the planet's
shadow, experiencing a brief
night lasting from 6 to 14
hours. However, once
approximately every 15
... > full story
New View Of The Heliosphere: Cassini Helps Redraw Shape Of Solar System
The solar system, as defined
by the heliosphere, the
region of the sun's
influence, may have a quite
different shape than
... > full story
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Discovers Largest Ring Around Saturn
NASA's Spitzer Space
Telescope has discovered an
enormous ring around Saturn
-- by far the largest of the
giant planet's many rings. ... > full story
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Global View Of Valleys On Saturn's Moon Titan Shows North-South Contrast
September 29, 2009 — Scientists are presenting the first results of a global analysis of spatial patterns, occurrence and origin of river channels on Saturn's moon ... > full story -
Cassini Reveals New Ring Quirks, Shadows During Saturn Equinox
September 23, 2009 — NASA scientists are marveling over the extent of ruffles and dust clouds revealed in the rings of Saturn during the planet's equinox last month. Scientists once thought the rings were almost ... > full story -
New Transient Radiation Belt Discovered Around Saturn
September 21, 2009 — Scientists using the Cassini spacecraft's Magnetospheric Imaging instrument (MIMI) have detected a new, temporary radiation belt at Saturn, located around the orbit of its moon Dione at about 377,000 ... > full story -
Longest Lightning Storm On Saturn Breaks Solar System Record
September 17, 2009 — A powerful lightning storm in Saturn’s atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System’s longest continuously observed thunderstorm. It broke the record duration of ... > full story -
Saturn's Moon Titan Could Power 150 Billion Labor Day Barbecues
September 8, 2009 — Since its discovery by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens in 1655, Saturn's most massive moon, Titan, has been known as a place of mystery and intrigue. The large, cloud-enshrouded moon is such a ... > full story -
Revelations In Saturn's Rings Continue As Equinox Approaches
August 11, 2009 — Thanks to a special play of sunlight and shadow as Saturn continues its march towards its August 11 equinox, recent images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft are revealing new three-dimensional ... > full story -
Saturn To Pull Celestial Houdini On August 11
August 10, 2009 — In 1918, magician extraordinaire Harry Houdini created a sensation when he made a 10,000 pound elephant disappear before a mystified audience of over 5,200 at New York's famed Hippodrome theatre. But ... > full story -
Saturnian Moon Shows Evidence Of Ammonia
August 5, 2009 — Data collected during two close flybys of Saturn's moon Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft add more fuel to the fire about the Saturnian ice world containing sub-surface liquid ... > full story -
Wind Estimate 'Shortens' Saturn's Day By Five Minutes
July 30, 2009 — A new way of detecting how fast large gaseous planets are rotating suggests Saturn's day lasts 10 hours, 34 minutes and 13 seconds -- over five minutes shorter than previous estimates that were based ... > full story -
Saturn's Moon Titan: Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang On To Summer
June 4, 2009 — Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering ... > full story
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