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Mysteries of Jupiter and Saturn Rings: Forensic Sleuthing Ties Ring Ripples to Impacts
March 31, 2011 Like forensic scientists examining fingerprints at a cosmic crime scene, scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini, Galileo and New Horizons missions have traced telltale ripples in the rings ... > full story -
Cassini Finds Saturn Sends Mixed Signals
March 23, 2011 Like a petulant adolescent, Saturn is sending out mixed signals. Recent data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show that the variation in radio waves controlled by the planet's rotation is different in ... > full story -
Cassini Sees Seasonal Rains Transform Surface of Saturn's Moon Titan
March 17, 2011 As spring continues to unfold at Saturn, April showers on the planet's largest moon, Titan, have brought methane rain to its equatorial deserts, as revealed in images captured by NASA's Cassini ... > full story -
Cassini Finds Saturn's Moon Enceladus Is a Powerhouse
March 8, 2011 Heat output from the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus is much greater than was previously thought possible, according to a new analysis of data collected by NASA's Cassini ... > full story -
Cassini to Sample Magnetic Environment Around Saturn's Moon Titan
February 18, 2011 NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to skim close to Saturn's moon Titan on Feb. 18, to learn about the interaction between Titan and Saturn's magnetosphere, the magnetic bubble around the ... > full story -
Surprise Hidden in Titan's Smog: Cirrus-Like Clouds
February 3, 2011 Every day is a bad-air day on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Blanketed by haze far worse than any smog belched out in Los Angeles, Beijing or even Sherlock Holmes's London, the moon looks like a dirty ... > full story -
Cassini Sends Back Postcards of Saturn's Moons
February 2, 2011 On Jan. 31, 2011, NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed by several of Saturn's intriguing moons, snapping images along the way. Cassini passed within about 60,000 kilometers (37,282 miles) of Enceladus ... > full story -
Cassini Rocks Rhea Rendezvous: Closest Flyby of Saturn's Icy Moon
January 13, 2011 NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, returning raw images of the icy moon's ... > full story -
Cassini to Probe Icy Moon Rhea for Clues to Saturn Rings
January 10, 2011 Saturn's icy moon Rhea might seem a strange place to look for clues to understanding the vast majestic rings encircling Saturn. But that's what NASA's Cassini spacecraft plans to do on its next flyby ... > full story -
Cassini Marks Holidays With Dramatic Views of Saturn's Moon Rhea
December 22, 2010 Newly released for the holidays, images of Saturn's second largest moon Rhea obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show dramatic views of fractures cutting through craters on the moon's surface, ... > full story
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