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 ...
Astronomers find Saturn has 128 more moons in rare discovery
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
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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Cryovolcanism on Titan may replenish its thick atmosphere
Experiments suggest that processes in the interior of the moon could keep it swathed in an atmosphere that should otherwise ...
Mission concept proposes sampling Enceladus's subsurface ocean
How can we explore Saturn's moon, Enceladus, to include its surface and subsurface ocean, with the goal of potentially discovering life as we know it? This is what a recent study presented at the ...
Saturn Now Has 274 Moons But Exactly What Makes Something A Moon Remains Unclear
Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons , as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team ...
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Do Saturn’s rings cast shadows?
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took the dramatic image of the rings’ shadows on Saturn shown above. The major parts of Saturn’s inner massive rings are ...
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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 ...