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Look at the Size of that Thing! – A Close Look at Odysseus Crater

August 20, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Behold the battered terrain of the massive crater Odysseus in this new image from Cassini. Check out the cassinified image of the fractured surface Remove this ad

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An Epic Crater Called Odysseus

July 3, 2012

On June 28 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft passed by Tethys, a 1,062-kilometer (662-mile) -wide moon of Saturn that’s made almost entirely of ice. Tethys is covered in craters of all sizes but by far the most dramatic of all is the enormous Odysseus crater, which spans an impressive 450 kilometers (280 miles) of the moon’s northern [...]

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Extremes in the Saturn System

June 25, 2012

It’s just one extreme to another in this image from the Cassini spacecraft. Of course, you can’t miss the ginormous Saturn. But do you see three of what appear to be eentsy, tiny moons of the ringed planet? Remove this ad

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Cassini Slips Through Enceladus’ Spray

April 16, 2012

Spray it again, Enceladus! This Saturday the Cassini spacecraft paid another visit to Enceladus, Saturn’s 318-mile-wide moon that’s become famous for its icy geysers.During its latest close pass Cassini got a chance to “taste” Enceladus’ spray using its ion and neutral mass spectrometer, giving researchers more information on what sort of watery environment may be hiding [...]

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Two Moons In Passing

March 21, 2012

Saturn’s moon Tethys passes in front of its slightly larger sister Dione in this animation made from 25 raw images acquired by Cassini on March 14, 2012. Pretty cool! (Click the image to play.) Remove this ad

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