The rugged landscape of Saturn's fracture-faced moon Dione is revealed in images sent back by NASA's Cassini spacecraft from its latest flyby. Cassini buzzed past Dione on June 16, coming within 321 miles (516 kilometers) ...
Space Exploration
Jun 19, 2015
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The two large craters on Tethys, near the line where day fades to night, almost resemble two giant eyes observing Saturn.
Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2015
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Long, sinuous, tendril-like structures seen in the vicinity of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus originate directly from geysers erupting from its surface, according to scientists studying images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Astronomy
Apr 15, 2015
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Most people have heard of auroras - more commonly known as the Northern and Southern Lights - but, except on rare occasions, such as the recent widespread apparition on 17 March, they are not usually visible outside the polar ...
Space Exploration
Apr 9, 2015
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From afar, Saturn's rings look like a solid, homogenous disk of material. But upon closer examination from Cassini, we see that there are varied structures in the rings at almost every scale imaginable.
Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2015
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Ideas about directing evolution of life forms on Earth and finding life on other planets are rapidly morphing from science-fiction fantasy into mainstream science, says David Lynn, a chemist at Emory University."
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2015
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(Phys.org) —What the viewer might perceive to be Saturn's surface is really just the tops of its uppermost cloud layers. Everything we see is the result of fluid dynamics. Astronomers study Saturn's cloud dynamics in part ...
Space Exploration
Nov 18, 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.
Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Saturn's rings cast shadows on the planet, but the shadows appear to be inside out! The edge of Saturn's outermost A ring can be seen at the top left corner of the image. Moving towards the bottom of the page, ...
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Saturn's moon Pan, named for the Greek god of shepherds, rules over quite a different domain: the Encke gap in Saturn's rings.
Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2014
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