SATURN DAILY - News From The Ringed Planet

EXTRA SOLAR Where Is Earth's Submoon?

The duo kicked off an internet firestorm late last year when they posted a draft of their article examining the possibility of moons that orbit other moons on a preprint server for physics and astronomy manuscripts. The online conversation obsessed over the be... more

EXTRA SOLAR New Method Finds Best Candidates for Telescope Time

If life exists on planets beyond our Solar System, its presence could be obscured by the haze and clouds in the planet's atmosphere. Even next generation telescopes - such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as well as ground-based telescopes like the Eur... more

SPACE TRAVEL Voyager 1 spacecraft reaches interstellar space

University of Iowa space physicist Don Gurnett says there is solid evidence that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has become the first manmade object to reach interstellar space, more than 11 billion miles distant and 36 years after it was launched. The finding is ... more

EXTRA SOLAR Researchers Develop Advanced Algorithm Pandora for Exomoon Hunt

In our own Solar System, it's a common occurrence for planets to be accompanied by one or more moons. With the exception of Mercury and Venus, all other planets have such companions. Saturn, a gas giant, boasts an astonishing 140 natural satellites. Given this... more

EXTRA SOLAR SwRI scientists repurpose chemistry modeling software to study life-supporting conditions on icy moons

Typically employed to forecast chemical behavior under various conditions, the chemistry modeling software at SwRI has been pivotal in defining corrosive environments. Dr. Florent Bocher, Group Leader at SwRI, has applied it extensively for such studies. In 20... more

SOLAR SCIENCE NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space

While we track CMEs with a number of instruments, the sheer size of the solar system means that our observations are limited, and usually taken from a distance. However, scientists have recently used data from 10 NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) spacecraft... more

ROBODAILY NASA develops AI for future exploration of extraterrestrial subsurface oceans

NASA is developing technology which could enable autonomous navigation of future underwater drones studying subsurface oceans on icy moons like Jupiter's Europa. The agency is working on artificial intelligence (AI) that would allow submersibles to make their ... more

SATURNDAILY SwRI scientists compile Cassini's unique observations of Saturn's rings

"For nearly two decades, NASA's Cassini spacecraft shared the wonders of Saturn and its family of icy moons and signature rings, but we still don't definitively know the origins of the ring system," said Dr. Stephanie Jarmak, a researcher in the SwRI Space Sci... more