Cassini
Cassini’s First Ring-Grazing Orbit A Success
The Cassini mission has begun its final phase and has completed its first ring-grazing orbit around Saturn.
Cassini Is About To Graze Saturn’s Rings In Mission Endgame
There is a Twitter-bot that randomly tweets out "NOOOOOOOO Cassini can't be ending!" (with varying amounts of "O's"). @CassiniNooo represents…
Weekly Space Hangout – November 18, 2016: Dr. Jason Wright and Tabby’s Star
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Jason Wright is Professor in Penn State University's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.…
Weekly Space Hangout Live with Sondy Springmann and Morgan Rehnberg
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg) Fraser, Morgan and Sondy were all at…
New Composite Image Of Saturn’s Polar Vortex Mesmerizes
A new image from Cassini shows Saturn's southern polar vortex in striking detail.
Enceladus’ Jets Selectively Power-Up Farther From Saturn
A crowning achievement of the Cassini mission to Saturn is the discovery of water vapor jets spraying out from Enceladus' southern pole.…
Mysterious Pull On Cassini Probe May Help Find Planet Nine
Small perturbations in the orbit of the Cassini probe provide further evidence for the existence of Planet Nine.
Cassini Watches Star Through Enceladus’ Plume
Today Cassini will observe the light of the central star in Orion's belt as it passes through Enceladus' plumes.
Surfing On Titan Would Be Best In Summer
Space is mostly vast and empty. So whenever we notice something like ripples on a lake of methane, on the…
Weekly Space Hangout – Feb. 5, 2016: Dr. Or Graur
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Or Graur, Research Associate at the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics at…