Image: Veil of ice in Saturn's rings
Saturn's rings, made of countless icy particles, form a translucent veil in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Jan 9, 2018
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Image: The grace of Saturn
Saturn's graceful lanes of orbiting ice—its iconic rings—wind their way around the planet to pass beyond the horizon in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. And diminutive Pandora, scarcely larger than a pixel here, ...
Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2017
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As NASA's Cassini mission flames out over Saturn, scientists mark bittersweet end of mission
In the dark of the early morning, planetary scientist Andy Ingersoll stood alone and slightly stooped at a coffee cart at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. More than 900 million miles across the solar system, the 2-ton Cassini ...
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2017
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NASA analyzes Hurricane Jose's hidden cloud-filled eye
NASA satellite imagery provided a couple of views of Hurricane Jose's cloud-filled eye allowing forecasters to see that it still existed. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible look at the storm, while the GPM ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2017
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NASA finds wind shear weakening Hurricane Kenneth
Hurricane Kenneth was quickly weakening early on Aug. 22 as a result of vertical wind shear. Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed that the strongest storms associated with the hurricane were pushed away from ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 23, 2017
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Image: Jupiter's bands of clouds
This enhanced-color image of Jupiter's bands of light and dark clouds was created by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2017
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Image: Jupiter's clouds of many colors
NASA's Juno spacecraft was racing away from Jupiter following its seventh close pass of the planet when JunoCam snapped this image on May 19, 2017, from about 29,100 miles (46,900 kilometers) above the cloud tops.
Space Exploration
Jun 19, 2017
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Cassini mission revealed Saturn's secrets
Cassini is the most sophisticated space probe ever built. Launched in 1997 as a joint NASA/European Space Agency mission, it took seven years to journey to Saturn. It's been orbiting the sixth planet from the sun ever since, ...
Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2017
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Image: Mysterious Jovian dark spot
This enhanced-color image of a mysterious dark spot on Jupiter seems to reveal a Jovian "galaxy" of swirling storms.
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2017
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NASA's Juno spacecraft to make its fourth flyby over Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its fourth flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 4:57 a.m. PST (7:57 a.m. EST, 12:57 UTC).
Space Exploration
Feb 2, 2017
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