Cassini
Big Moon, Little Moon
[/caption] This image reminds me of when I was young, my parents would line me and my siblings up for…
Hot Plasma Explosions Inflate Saturn’s Magnetic Field
[/caption] From a JPL press release: A new analysis based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds a causal link…
String of Peaks Found on Titan Could be Cryovolcanoes
While icy cryovolcanoes on Titan have been theorized in the past, scientists didn’t have any hard evidence for them. But…
Did Iapetus Have Its Own Mini Moon?
[/caption] There’s a new theory for why Saturn’s moon Iapetus looks like a walnut. The moon has a mysterious large…
Back-in-Action Cassini Doesn’t Disappoint
[/caption] Here are a few raw images from the Cassini spacecraft's most recent flyby of Enceladus. The probe seems to…
Enceladus Fissures Keep Getting Warmer and More Complex
[/caption] As Cassini scientists await the data from today’s flyby of Enceladus, images and data from August of this year…
Cassini visits Enceladus – SpacePod 2010.11.30
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is doing some awesome stuff. Stay tuned to NASA’s twitter feed Space Cadets, today should be interesting.…
Tenuous Oxygen Atmosphere Found Around Saturn’s Moon Rhea
[/caption] A few years ago, astronomers thought they found wispy rings around Saturn’s moon Rhea. Although the possibility of rings…
Upcoming Flybys Could Provide Clues to Interior of Enceladus
[/caption] What is going on inside Saturn’s moon Enceladus and what powers the icy geysers and jets? A pair of…
Mystery of Saturn’s Wonky B Ring: Solved
It has long been known that Saturn’s rings are not the perfect hoops they appear as in small amateur telescopes,…