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Rare cosmic balancing act makes Perseid meteor showers brighter0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 26, 2016
In certain sweet spots, the gravitational pulls of Saturn and Jupiter might combine to cause spectacular meteor showers. The effect requires clockwork precision – but it may be responsible for one of the best showers in recent memory.
Enceladus Jets: Surprises in Starlight0
- 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.
Criss-Crossed Rings0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 27, 2016
Saturn’s rings give a very interesting view.
Saturn Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 15, 2016
Cassini retrieves the dust of exploded stars from across the universe
The Great Divide0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 12, 2016
A view of Saturn’s rings up close and personal
Saturn Spacecraft Not Affected by Hypothetical Planet 90
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 8, 2016
“An undiscovered planet outside the orbit of Neptune, 10 times the mass of Earth, would affect the orbit of Saturn, not Cassini.”
Computer explains the sustained eruptions from Saturn’s icy Moon0
- From Around the Web
- March 29, 2016
Enceladus, which Kite calls “an opportunity for the best astrobiology experiment in the solar system,” serves as a leading candidate for extraterrestrial life.
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