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Forecast for Saturn's Moon Titan: Wild Weather Could Be Ahead
Saturn's moon Titan might be
in for some wild weather as
it heads into its spring and
summer, if two new models
are correct. Scientists
think that as the seasons
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Scientists Shape First Global Topographic Map of Saturn's Moon Titan
Scientists have created the
first global topographic map
of Saturn's moon Titan,
giving researchers a
valuable tool for learning
more about one of the most
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Telling Time on Saturn: Undergraduate Student Shows How Planet's Magnetosphere Changes With the Seasons
An undergraduate student has
discovered that a process
occurring in Saturn's
magnetosphere is linked to
the planet's seasons and
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Saturn's Youthful Appearance Explained
As planets age they become
darker and cooler. Saturn,
however, is much brighter
than expected for a planet
of its age -- a question
that has puzzled scientists
since the late 1960s. New
... > full story
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NASA Probe Gets Close-Up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn
April 30, 2013 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole. In high-resolution pictures and video, ... > full story -
NASA Probe Observes Meteors Colliding With Saturn's Rings
April 25, 2013 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids breaking into streams of rubble and crashing into Saturn's rings. These observations make Saturn's rings the only ... > full story -
Titan's Methane: Going, Going, Soon to Be Gone?
April 15, 2013 — By tracking a part of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan over several years, NASA's Cassini mission has found a remarkable longevity to the hydrocarbon lakes on the moon's ... > full story -
Ice Cloud Heralds Fall at Titan's South Pole
April 11, 2013 — An ice cloud taking shape over Titan's south pole is the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon. Made from an ... > full story -
Blame It on the Rain (from Saturn's Rings): More Charged Water Particles Fall Than Thought
April 10, 2013 — A new study tracks the "rain" of charged water particles into the atmosphere of Saturn and finds there is more of it and it falls across larger areas of the planet than previously thought. The study, ... > full story -
NASA Team Investigates Complex Chemistry at Saturn's Moon Titan
April 3, 2013 — A laboratory experiment at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., simulating the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan suggests complex organic chemistry that could eventually lead to the ... > full story -
Saturn Is Like an Antiques Shop, Cassini Suggests; Moons and Rings Date Back to Solar System's Birth
March 27, 2013 — A new analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that Saturn's moons and rings are gently worn vintage goods from around the time of our solar system's birth. Though they are tinted on ... > full story -
Cassini Returns Images of Battered Saturn's Moon Rhea
March 11, 2013 — Following its last close flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured these raw, unprocessed images of the battered icy moon. They show an ancient, cratered surface bearing the ... > full story -
Cassini Makes Last Close Flyby of Saturnian Moon Rhea
March 8, 2013 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be swooping close to Saturn's moon Rhea on Saturday, March 9, the last close flyby of Rhea in Cassini's mission. The primary purpose will be to probe the internal ... > full story -
Cassini Spies Bright Venus from Saturn Orbit
March 4, 2013 — A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around ... > full story
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