Cassini Spacecraft Bids Farewell to Saturn’s Moon Iapetus
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft continues its farewell tour as it views Saturn’s yin-and-yang moon, Iapetus for the last time. The above image is from the last…
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NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views Iapetus
This newly released Cassini image shows Iapetus, the third-largest natural satellite of Saturn. Iapetus is a world of contrast, with light and dark regions fitting…
Impact May Have Deformed Saturn’s Moon Iapetus
One of the strangest moons in the Solar System is Saturn’s Iapetus, which features an enormous equatorial mountain ridge and spiky belt that rises 12…
Gigantic Ice Avalanches Discovered on Saturn’s Moon Iapetus
Planetary scientists discovered unexpected and enormous ice avalanches on Saturn’s moon Iapetus, half of which is light-colored while the other is dark. Its mountains are…