Saturn

Saturn Could Be Defending Earth From Massive Asteroid Impacts 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 16, 2017
Jupiter is often cited as Earth’s protector — but Saturn may actually be hero of the day.

By David Aragorn
Saturn’s rings could contain millions of ‘moonlets’, new Nasa images reveal 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 9, 2017
Images from the Cassini spacecraft are most detailed ever taken, and include previously unseen features within the rings.

By David Aragorn
Basking in Light 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 13, 2017
Sunlight truly has come to Saturn’s north pole. The whole northern region is bathed in sunlight in this view from late 2016, feeble though the light may be at Saturn’s distant domain in the solar system.

By David Aragorn
Prometheus Popping 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 31, 2016
Saturn’s potato-shaped moon Prometheus is shown in this close-up from Cassini.

By David Aragorn
Crash Course 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 20, 2016
Saturn’s moon, Mimas, is on a crash course through Saturn’s rings as it gets closer to the planet’s surface.

By David Aragorn
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
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
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
Alien Life Could Be Found On Saturn’s Moon Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 7, 2016
Astrobiologists think Titan’s unique atmosphere might be able to hold and sustain life.

By David Aragorn