Saturn
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast – March 19-25, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! The week starts off with new Moon and the perfect opportunity to do a Messier Marathon.…
Saturn’s “Wispy” Moon Has An Oxygen Atmosphere
[/caption] There's oxygen around Dione, a research team led by scientists at New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory announced on…
Moons Large and Small
[/caption] It may be one of the best images from Cassini yet this year! Cloud-covered Titan and tiny Prometheus (can…
A Balanced Budget on Titan
[/caption] It's been said many times that the most Earthlike world in our solar system is not a planet at…
Colorful Holiday Treats from Saturn
[/caption] "Hey! Look what our Santa at Saturn has sent our way!" said Carolyn Porco, the Cassini imaging team lead,…
Titan’s Colorful Crescent
[/caption] Made from one of the most recent Cassini images, this is a color-composite showing a backlit Titan with its dense, multi-layered…
Enceladus Gives Cassini Some Radar Love
[/caption] Cassini's done it again! Soaring over Saturn's moon Enceladus back on November 6, the spacecraft obtained the highest-resolution images…
Could Electrical Sprites Hold the Key to Extraterrestrial Life?
[/caption] In 1989, meteorologists discovered sprites. Not the spirits, elves, or pixies that pepper Shakespearean comedies but their equally…
It’s Been a Stormy Year on Saturn (and Cassini’s been there to watch!)
[/caption] Nearly a year ago a small, bright white storm emerged on Saturn’s northern hemisphere. This storm has now wrapped…
Saturn’s Moon Plays Hide-and-Seek With Cassini
[/caption] Taken during the Cassini spacecraft's October 1 flyby of Saturn's ice-spewing moon, this image – released today – shows…