Cassini

New Cassini photos show the hexagon on Saturn’s north pole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 8, 2016
The first images from the pentultimate phase of the mission

By David Aragorn
NASA spacecraft embarks on ring-skimming mission at Saturn 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 1, 2016
NASA’s Saturn-orbiting spacecraft, Cassini, has begun an unprecedented mission to skim the planet’s rings.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers find that Titan is full of steep, liquid-filled canyons 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 3, 2016
An international team of researchers has found that Saturn’s largest moon Titan has deep canyons filled with liquid hydrocarbons, making the alien moon look a lot like Earth, but with rivers of methane instead of water.

By David Aragorn
Flying by the “Death Star” Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 18, 2016
In this view captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of Saturn’s moon Mimas, large Herschel Crater dominates Mimas, making the moon look like the Death Star in the movie “Star Wars.”

By David Aragorn
A Splendor Seldom Seen 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2016
Until recently, we’ve never seen the planet Saturn from the dark side of it, but now Cassini has given us a beautiful sight of a back-lit Saturn.

By David Aragorn
‘Shangri-La’ On Saturn Moon Titan Teeming With Sand Dunes 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 15, 2016
New close-up photos of Titan, Saturn’s biggest moon, show its mysterious and massive dunes in more detail than ever before.

By David Aragorn
Cassini finds flooded canyons on Saturn’s moon Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 13, 2016
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has found deep, steep-sided canyons on Saturn’s moon Titan that are flooded with liquid hydrocarbons. The finding represents the first direct evidence of the presence of liquid-filled channels on Titan, as well as the first observation of canyons hundreds of meters deep.

By David Aragorn
Enceladus Jets: Surprises in Starlight 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 9, 2016
The gravitational pull of Saturn changes the amount of particles spraying from the south pole of Saturn’s active moon Enceladus at different points in its orbit.

By David Aragorn
Criss-Crossed Rings 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 27, 2016
Saturn’s rings give a very interesting view.

By David Aragorn
Cassini Explores a Methane Sea on Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 27, 2016
Of the hundreds of moons in our solar system, Titan is the only one with a dense atmosphere and large liquid reservoirs on its surface, making it in some ways more like a terrestrial planet.

By David Aragorn