A Skoltech-led team of international scientists has developed a mathematical model that makes sense of one of the great mysteries of Saturn's rings.
Space Exploration
Jan 29, 2018
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Saturn's rings, made of countless icy particles, form a translucent veil in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Jan 9, 2018
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For many years some astronomers, working under the assumption that the Star of Bethlehem was in fact an actual celestial object, have suggested possible astrophysical explanations.
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2017
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Immense northern storms on Saturn can disturb atmospheric patterns at the planet's equator, finds the international Cassini mission in a study led by Dr Leigh Fletcher from the University of Leicester.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2017
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NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn may have came to a fiery end in September, but observations made by the spacecraft in its final months still have plenty to teach us about the mysteries of the ringed planet.
Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2017
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These two images illustrate just how far Cassini traveled to get to Saturn. On the left is one of the earliest images Cassini took of the ringed planet, captured during the long voyage from the inner solar system. On the ...
Space Exploration
Nov 28, 2017
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In a fitting farewell to the planet that had been its home for over 13 years, the Cassini spacecraft took one last, lingering look at Saturn and its splendid rings during the final leg of its journey and snapped a series ...
Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2017
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Reflected sunlight is the source of the illumination for visible wavelength images such as the one above. However, at longer infrared wavelengths, direct thermal emission from objects dominates over reflected sunlight. This ...
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2017
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The radiation belts of Earth and Saturn differ more strongly than previously assumed. In these belts, very energetic particles, such as electrons and protons, move around the planet at high velocities - captured by its magnetic ...
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Oct 30, 2017
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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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