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How Long Is A Day On Saturn?
May 3, 2006 Measuring the rotation period of a rocky planet like the Earth is easy, but similar measurements for planets made of gas, such as Saturn, pose problems. Researchers from JPL, Imperial College London ... > full story -
New Cassini Image Shows 'A' Ring Contains More Debris Than Once Thought
April 11, 2006 Views of Saturn's stunning ring system from above by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft now orbiting the planet indicate the prominent A ring contains more debris than once thought, according to a new ... > full story -
Blue Ring Discovered Around Uranus
April 6, 2006 The outermost ring of the planet Uranus turns out to have a bright blue color, according to a report in the April 7 issue of the journal Science. That makes it only the second blue ring to be found ... > full story -
Cassini Finds 'Missing Link' Moonlet Evidence In Saturn's Rings
March 30, 2006 Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have found evidence that a new class of small moonlets resides within Saturn's rings. There may be as many as 10 million of these objects within one of Saturn's ... > full story -
Saturn Ring Spokes May Re-Appear In July
March 16, 2006 The unusual spokes that appear fleetingly on the rings of Saturn only to disappear for years at a time may become visible again by July, according to a new study spearheaded by the University of ... > full story -
Does Titan's Methane Originate From Underground?
March 2, 2006 Data from ESA's Huygens probe have been used to validate a new model of the evolution of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, showing that its methane supply may be locked away in a kind of methane-rich ... > full story -
Astronomers Find Giant Lightning Storm At Saturn
February 15, 2006 Imagine an electrical storm larger than the continental United States in which the lightning bolts are more than 1,000 times stronger than conventional lightning, and you'll have a good idea of the ... > full story -
Predicting The Weather On Titan?
January 23, 2006 Using recent Cassini, Huygens and Earth-based observations, scientists have been able to create a computer model which explains the formation of several types of ethane and methane clouds on ... > full story -
Cassini's Photo Album From A Season Of Icy Moons
December 7, 2005 Wrapping-up a phenomenally successful year of observing Saturn's icy moons, the Cassini mission is releasing a flood of new views of the moons Enceladus, Dione, Rhea, Hyperion, and Iapetus. ... > full story -
NASA'S Cassini Images Reveal Spectacular Evidence Of An Active Moon
December 6, 2005 Jets of fine, icy particles streaming from Saturn's moon Enceladus were captured in recent images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The images provide unambiguous visual evidence that the moon is ... > full story
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