Saturn
News items about Saturn and its moons
Feb 13, 2010
On Feb. 13, 2010, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its closest examination yet of Mimas, Saturn's eyeball-shaped moon that has also been likened to the Death Star of "Star Wars."
Feb 12, 2010
"Take a photographic tour of our favorite Saturn moon, Enceladus. Not only is the little moon mysterious and beautiful, it's also one of the best bets to find extraterrestrial life in the solar system."
Feb 12, 2010
"Researchers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope recently took advantage of a rare opportunity to record Saturn when its rings are edge-on, resulting in a unique movie featuring both of the giant planet's poles. Saturn is only in this position every 15 years and this favourable orientation has allowed a sustained study of Saturn’s almost symmetric northern and southern lights."
Feb 11, 2010
Negatively charged water ions captured by the Cassini spacecraft from plumes of water vapor erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus offer evidence for liquid water moving around beneath the icy surface of the moon.
Feb 9, 2010
The image from the Cassini spacecraft shows fine details in the A ring of Saturn
Feb 3, 2010
Feb 1, 2010
The mysterious transient 'spokes" appearing above Saturn's B ring were first seen by the Voyager spacecraft. Now spectrum measurements made by the Cassini spacecraft show the material of the spokes to be water ice. The origin of the spokes, however, remains a mystery.
Jan 30, 2010
Looking for all intents and purposes like a celestial egg after a session in Saturn's skillet, Prometheus displayed its pockmarked, irregular surface for NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 27, 2010.
Jan 30, 2010
A new project aims to replicate the surface on the moon Titan in order to learn more about its hydrocarbon lakes.
Jan 26, 2010
The radar of NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of low, wide grooved mounds on the surface of Titan.
