Saturn’s Moon Titan Has Ingredients for Life
Catherine Neish is counting the days until her space launch. While the Western planetary geologist isn’t space-suiting up for her own interstellar voyage, she is…
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Interplanetary Storm Chasing – New Explanation for Mysterious Hexagonal Storm on Saturn
A new 3D model could explain the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn. With its dazzling system of icy rings, Saturn has been a…
NASA Dragonfly Launch Delayed – Revolutionary Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan
Dragonfly is a NASA mission that delivers a rotorcraft to Saturn’s moon Titan to advance our search for the building blocks of life. While Dragonfly…
Stunning New View of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus [Explore Interactively]
A global infrared mosaic of Saturn’s moon Enceladus created using a complete dataset from the Cassini spacecraft has revealed new detail on the moon’s surface….
Infrared Eyes on Enceladus: Hints of Fresh Ice in Northern Hemisphere of Saturn’s Moon
Scientists used data gathered by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during 13 years of exploring the Saturn system to make detailed images of the icy moon —…
Summertime on Saturn Captured in Stunning New Hubble Image
Saturn is truly the lord of the rings in this latest snapshot from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, taken on July 4, 2020, when the opulent…
NASA’s Surprising Discovery: Saturn’s Planet-Sized Moon Titan Drifting Away 100X Faster Than Thought
The new research by scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency has implications for the entire Saturn system as well as other planets and…
Most Extensive System of Haze Layers in the Solar System Have Been Discovered on Saturn
High-resolution images obtained by the Cassini spacecraft were used for this purpose by the Planetary Science Group at the University of the Basque Country. A…
NASA Is Sending Dragonfly on a Revolutionary Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan – Here’s Why
Titan, with its methane seas and orange smog, is in some ways the most similar world to Earth that we have found. Though it’s merely…
Saturn’s Great Atmospheric Mystery Explained by New Data From NASA’s Cassini
New mapping of the giant planet’s upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it’s so hot. The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants —…
Secrets of Titan’s Atmosphere Revealed – Galactic Cosmic Rays Affect Saturn’s Largest Moon
Planetary scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) revealed the secrets of the atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. The team found…
Inner Complexity of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Revealed – Hints at Habitable Conditions
Enceladus’ subsurface ocean composition hints at habitable conditions. A Southwest Research Institute team developed a new geochemical model that reveals that carbon dioxide (CO2) from…
Water Erupts Through Fissures on Enceladus’ Icy Surface – New Research Reveals the Physics
How Enceladus Got Its Stripes New research reveals the physics governing the fissures through which ocean water erupts from the moon’s icy surface. Saturn’s icy…
Strange Erupting ‘Tiger Stripes’ on Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus Finally Explained
Saturn’s tiny, frozen moon Enceladus is a strange place. Just 300 miles across, the moon is thought to have an outer shell of ice covering…
First Global Geologic Map of Titan (Saturn’s Largest Moon) Completed
The first map showing the global geology of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has been completed and fully reveals a dynamic world of dunes, lakes, plains,…
Team Unravels Origin, Chemical Makeup of Dunes on Saturn’s Moon Titan
A team led by a University of Hawaii at Mānoa chemistry professor and researcher has been able to provide answers to key questions about the…
20 New Moons Discovered Orbiting Saturn – You Can Help Name Them [Video]
Move over Jupiter; Saturn is the new moon king. A team led by Carnegie’s Scott S. Sheppard has found 20 new moons orbiting Saturn. This…
New Kinds of Organic Compounds Found in Plumes Bursting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the plumes bursting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The findings are the…