Saturn
News items about Saturn and its moons
Dec 3, 2010
"Here are a few raw images from the Cassini spacecraft's most recent flyby of Enceladus. The probe seems to be in good health following several weeks in safe mode, after a bit flipped in the command and data subsystem computer."
Dec 3, 2010
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Dec 2, 2010
"The web of warm fissures feeding the ice geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus is more extensive and complicated than scientists had imagined, new research has found."
Dec 2, 2010
"NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this raw image of the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Nov. 30, 2010."
Dec 1, 2010
"As Cassini scientists await the data from today's flyby of Enceladus, images and data from August of this year have provided more insight into the active fissures on the icy moon's south polar region."
Nov 27, 2010
"In March of this year, the Cassini spacecraft made a close flyby of Rhea and recorded data showing a thin atmosphere made up of oxygen and carbon dioxide."
Nov 26, 2010
"Saturn's second-largest moon, Rhea, has a wispy atmosphere composed of oxygen and carbon dioxide, study finds. NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected Rhea's atmosphere during a flyby."
Nov 11, 2010
"Like a cosmic lightbulb on a dimmer switch, Saturn emitted gradually less energy each year from 2005 to 2009, according to observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. But unlike an ordinary bulb, Saturn's southern hemisphere consistently emitted more energy than its northern one."
Nov 10, 2010
"Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., expect the Cassini spacecraft will resume normal operations on Nov. 24."
Nov 2, 2010
"Scientists believe they finally understand why one of the most dynamic regions in Saturn's rings has such an irregular and varying shape, thanks to images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft."
