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Swirling Vortex and Mini Moons: Spectacular Views of the Little Things Around Saturn

November 12, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter High-altitude clouds in Titan’s seasonal south polar swirl glow dimly in this image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. With wild storms and a vast ring system, nothing seems small around Saturn. But as NASA’s Cassini spacecraft loops high over Saturn’s poles, scientists [...]

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Cassini’s Majestic Saturn Moon Quintet

September 17, 2011

Check out this gorgeous new portrait of a Saturnian moon quintet taken by Earths’ emissary – NASA’s Cassini Orbiter. The moons are majestically poised along a backdrop of Saturn’s rings, fit for an artist’s canvas. Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and Rhea are nearly lined up (from left to right) in this view acquired by Cassini [...]

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Cassini Provides Stunning New Looks at Several Moons

February 1, 2011

The Cassini spacecraft recently had a mini ‘grand tour’ of several of Saturn’s moons and just sent back some great images of Helene, Mimas, Enceladus and Dione. Above is an amazing view of the Trojan moon Helene, which is only 32 kilometers (20 miles across) and shares an orbit with Dione. Cassini came withing 28,000 [...]

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Cassini Survives Close Encounter of the Death Star Kind!

February 15, 2010

On February 13, 2010, Cassini flew by Saturn’s moon Mimas, coming as close as 9,500 km. It passed directly over Herschel, a giant crater whose creation almost shattered the moon … and which, in its appearance in some earlier images, earned Mimas the nickname “Death Star”, after the iconic Star Wars prop. The Cassini team [...]

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On New Year’s Eve, Cassini Will Stare at the Death Star’s Superlaser

February 12, 2010

OK, it’s actually the Herschel crater on Mimas, a smallish moon of Saturn (and it’s the eve of Chinese New Year, February 13th, 2010), but it’s a cool headline, don’t you think? Cassini will be very busy that day, which begins with a rare sunrise – the Sun goes behind Saturn (from Cassini’s perspective) – [...]

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