Cassini Views Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon
Captured by Cassini’s wide-angle camera, this NASA image of the day shows Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon. Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon Saturn’s north polar hexagon basks…
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Solving the Mystery of Saturn’s Moonlets
Scientists at Loughborough University have revealed a new computer model that could help solve the mystery of Saturn’s moonlets. Research by Loughborough University physicists casts…
Storm Spawns the Largest Tropospheric Vortex Ever Seen on Saturn
Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists analyzed a massive storm on Saturn. The storm was the longest-lasting ever recorded on Saturn and it spawned…
NASA’s Image of the Day Shows Saturnian Moons Prometheus and Pan
This NASA image of the day shows Saturn’s moons Prometheus and Pan through Saturn’s rings captured in visible violet light by the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle…
New Cassini Image of Saturn and Its Rings
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has delivered new backlit image of the Saturn and its rings. Just in time for the holidays, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, in orbit…
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…
Simulation May Explain Saturnian System
Saturn’s odd mix of mid-sized satellites are among the strangest in the outer Solar System. With widely varying densities and locations, measuring between 300 to…
Titan Experiences Seasonal Changes
Astronomers have been researching Saturn’s moon Titan for roughly 30 years, discovering that the moon experiences seasonal changes that affect it more than previously thought….
Natural Color View of Saturn and Titan
Created by combining six images from the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera, this mosaic shows a natural color view of Saturn and Titan. A giant of…
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…
NASA’s Cassini Spots Lightning in Saturn’s Northern Hemisphere
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured an image of lightning striking within a huge storm that encircled Saturn’s northern hemisphere, providing scientists with a great opportunity to…
Cassini Changes Orbit, Saturn’s Rings Visible Again
Cassini’s orbit took the spacecraft out of Saturn’s equatorial plane in the spring of 2012, making face-on views of the rings possible again and allowing…
Cassini Data Reveals Likely Subsurface Ocean on Titan
By using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to measure variations in the gravitational pull of Titan, researchers were able to determine Titan’s internal structure, finding…
Heat from Within the Planet Powers Saturn’s Jet Streams
Using automated cloud tracking software to analyze the movements and speeds of clouds seen in hundreds of Cassini images from 2005 through 2012, scientists have…
The Mysterious Dusty Plasma Plumes of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
The Cassini-Huygens mission uncovered some strange phenomena on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Located far from Sol and an unlikely candidate to find liquid water, scientists found…
Saturn’s Moon Phoebe Has Planet-Like Qualities
More than 60 moons orbit Saturn and by combining data from NASA’s Cassini mission with modeling techniques, scientists have so far been able to identify…
A Closer Look at Titan’s Chemical Production
Two new papers published in the Astrophysical Journal describe the process of hydrocarbon creation on Saturn’s moon Titan and predicted how long Titan’s chemical factory…
Cassini Views Objects Creating Holes in Saturn’s F Ring
Scientists working with images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn’s F ring, leaving glittering trails behind…