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New Study Explains Saturn's Epic Tantrums
This series of images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the development of a huge storm of the type that erupts about every 30 years on Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI The long-standing mystery...
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Small thunderstorms may add up to massive cyclones on Saturn
New model may predict cyclone activity on other planets. The rings of Saturn and its north polar vortex. Image courtesy of Caltech/Space Science Institute For the last decade, astronomers have observed...
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At Saturn, One of These Rings is not like the Others
The planet Saturn, viewed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during its 2009 equinox. Data on how the rings cooled during this time provide insights about the nature of the ring particles. Credits:...
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Cassini Begins Epic Final Year at Saturn
Since NASA’s Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn, the planet’s appearance has changed greatly. This view shows Saturn’s northern hemisphere in 2016, as that part of the planet nears its northern...
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Cassini Beams Back First Images from New Orbit
This view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft was obtained about two days before its first close pass by the outer edges of Saturn’s main rings during its penultimate mission phase. Credits:...
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Saturn’s bulging core implies moons younger than thought
Saturn’s moon Dione, foreground, appears darker than the moon Tethys because it has a lower surface albedo, as shown in a photograph taken from the Cassini spacecraft on March 23, 2010. At the time,...
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NASA’s Cassini Mission Prepares for ‘Grand Finale’ at Saturn
This illustration shows Cassini above Saturn’s northern hemisphere prior to one of its 22 Grand Finale dives. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn since 2004, is...
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NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April 26, 2017. The spacecraft is in the...
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Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Hampton University A new movie sequence of images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the view as the spacecraft swooped over Saturn during the first...
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Saturn Surprises As Cassini Continues its Grand Finale
This false-color view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft gazes toward the rings beyond Saturn’s sunlit horizon, where a thin haze can be seen along the limb. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science...
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Gravity Assist Podcast: Saturn, with Linda Spilker, Part 1
The Gravity Assist Podcast is hosted by NASA’s Director of Planetary Science, Jim Green, who each week talks to some of the greatest planetary scientists on the planet, giving a guided tour through the...
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Gravity Assist Podcast: Saturn, with Linda Spilker, Part 2
The Gravity Assist Podcast is hosted by NASA’s Director of Planetary Science, Jim Green, who each week talks to some of the greatest planetary scientists on the planet, giving a guided tour through the...
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New family photos of Mars and Saturn from Hubble
This image shows the recent observations of the planets Mars and Saturn made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The observations of both objects were made in June and July 2018 and show the...
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Saturn’s Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds
his colorful view from NASA’s Cassini mission is the highest-resolution view of the unique six-sided jet stream at Saturn’s north pole known as “the hexagon.” Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Hampton...
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Groundbreaking Science Emerges from Ultra-Close Orbits of Saturn
Illustration: NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech New research emerging from the final orbits of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft represents a...
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A new way to create Saturn’s radiation belts
This graphic shows the radiation belt around the planet of Saturn. A team of scientists has discovered a new method to create this. Credit: Emma Woodfield @ BAS A team of international scientists from...
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NASA research reveals Saturn is losing its rings at ‘worst-case-scenario’ rate
This image was made as the Cassini spacecraft scanned across Saturn and its rings on April 25, 2016, capturing three sets of red, green and blue images to cover this entire scene showing the planet and...
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NASA’s Cassini Data Show Saturn’s Rings Relatively New
An artist’s concept of the Cassini orbiter crossing Saturn’s ring plane. New measurements of the rings’ mass give scientists the best answer yet to the question of their age.Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech...
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Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn
A view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s northern hemisphere in 2016 as that part of the planet nears its northern hemisphere summer solstice. A year on Saturn is 29 Earth years; days only...
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