The Solar System's second largest planet both in mass and size, Saturn is best known for its rings. These are divided by a wide band, the Cassini Division, whose formation was poorly understood until very recently. Now, researchers ...
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One of the last acts of NASA's Cassini spacecraft before its death plunge into Saturn's hydrogen and helium atmosphere was to coast between the planet and its rings and let them tug it around, essentially acting as a gravity ...
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Jan 17, 2019
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From high above Saturn's northern hemisphere, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes over the planet's north pole, with its intriguing hexagon and bullseye-like central vortex.
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Jun 6, 2017
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Three of Saturn's moons—Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas—are captured in this group photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Feb 23, 2016
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Much has been learned about Saturn's system of moons in recent decades, thanks to the Voyager missions and the more recent surveys conducted by the Cassini spaceprobe. Between its estimated 150 moons and moonlets (only 53 ...
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Oct 26, 2015
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A single crescent moon is a familiar sight in Earth's sky, but with Saturn's many moons, you can see three or even more.
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Jun 23, 2015
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Using instruments aboard the Cassini spacecraft to measure the wobbles of Mimas, the closest of Saturn's regular moons, a Cornell University astronomer publishing in Science, Oct. 17, has inferred that this small moon's icy ...
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Oct 16, 2014
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A thin sliver of Mimas is illuminated, the long shadows showing off its many craters, indicators of the moon's violent history.
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Sep 16, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A computer simulation created by a team of researchers at San Jose State University suggests that Mima mounds are almost surely made by pocket gophers. The team has had its findings published in the journal ...
(Phys.org) —The Saturn moons Mimas and Pandora remind us of how different they are when they appear together, as in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora's small size means that it lacks sufficient gravity ...
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