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Cassini Flyby Will Look for Waves on Titan’s Seas

May 22, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Are there waves on Titan’s lakes and seas? Cassini scientists say that the best chance of answering this question is with the May 23 flyby of Titan, when the Cassini spacecraft will just 970 km (603 miles) over Titan’s biggest ‘lake,’ [...]

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Trapped Gas Explains Saturn’s Fresh Face

May 8, 2013

The mystery of Saturn’s bright, youthful appearance is a step closer to resolution. And it actually has to do with gas. Layers of gas within the ringed giant trap heat emanating from the center, preventing the planet from cooling off as it was expected to do as it aged, according to a model developed by [...]

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An Awesome Look at Enceladus, the Jet-Powered Moon

April 30, 2013

According to planetary scientist and Cassini imaging team leader Carolyn Porco, about 98 geyser jets of all sizes near Enceladus’s south pole are spraying water vapor, icy particles, and organic compounds out into space. The spray from those geysers are evident in this new image from Cassini, showing a big, beautiful plume, illuminated by light [...]

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Saturn’s Little Wavemaking Moon

April 25, 2013

Captured on January 15, this narrow-angle Cassini image shows an outer portion of Saturn’s A ring on the left and the ropy F ring crossing on the right. The thin black line near the A ring’s bright edge is the Keeler Gap, a 22-mile-wide space cleared by the passage of Daphnis, a shepherd moon barely [...]

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Cassini Says “Senkyo Very Much”

April 8, 2013

In this image acquired on January 5, Cassini’s near-infrared vision pierced Titan’s opaque clouds to get a glimpse of the dark dune fields across a region called Senkyo. The vast sea of dunes is composed of solid hydrocarbon particles that have precipitated out of Titan’s atmosphere. Also visible over Titan’s southern pole are the rising [...]

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