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Cassini Completes Final Close Enceladus Flyby
Dec 22, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has begun transmitting data and images from the mission's final close flyby of Saturn's active moon Enceladus. Cassini passed Enceladu...
Cassini Closes in on Enceladus, One Last Time
Dec 19, 2015 (JPL)
A thrilling chapter in the exploration of the solar system will soon conclude, as NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft makes its final close flyby of the o...
Cassini gets bull's eye view of Enceladus and Tethys
Dec 17, 2015 (JPL)
Like a cosmic bull's-eye, Enceladus and Tethys line up almost perfectly for Cassini's cameras. Since the two moons are not only aligned, but also at relatively ...
Prometheus up close about Saturn
Dec 09, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied details on the pockmarked surface of Saturn's moon Prometheus (86 kilometers, or 53 miles across) during a moderately close flyb...
Peering Through Titan's Haze
Dec 08, 2015 (SPX)
This composite image shows an infrared view of Saturn's moon Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, acquired during the mission's "T-114" flyby on Nov. 13, 2015....
NASA team discover how water escapes from Saturn
Dec 04, 2015 (SPX)
A University of Montana professor who studies astrophysics has discovered how water ions escape from Saturn's environment. His findings recently were published ...
Two Moons About Saturn
Nov 19, 2015 (JPL)
Although Dione (near) and Enceladus (far) are composed of nearly the same materials, Enceladus has a considerably higher reflectivity than Dione. As a result, i...
Cassini Finds Monstrous Ice Cloud in Titan's South Polar Region
Nov 15, 2015 (JPL)
New observations made near the south pole of Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft add to the evidence that winter comes in like a lion on this moon of Saturn. Sci...
Deserts and dunes: Earth as an analogue for Titan
Nov 09, 2015 (ESA)
By comparing radar images of areas on Titan to those of Earth's deserts, scientists have identified two distinct types of sand dune on Saturn's largest moon - a...
Cassini Plunged Into Icy Plumes of Enceladus
Nov 04, 2015 (SPX)
The Cassini spacecraft took a daring plunge into the icy geysers of Saturn's moon Enceladus this week in search of telltale signs of a habitable environment. Th...
Cassini images dunelands on Saturn's moon Titan
Nov 02, 2015 (UPI)
Cassini's documentation of Saturn and its myriad satellites continues. On Monday, NASA shared a new Cassini image showcasing the dunelands of Titan, the largest...
NASA spacecraft plunges through Saturn moon's icy spray
Oct 29, 2015 (AFP)
On the hunt for alien worlds that might support life, NASA's unmanned Cassini spacecraft has survived its closest-ever dive through the icy spray coming from Sa...
Close Encounter with Enceladus
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
Over 980 million miles or about 1.6 billion kilometers from home, NASA's Cassini spacecraft hurtles through the starry expanse of space. From its vantage point ...
Seven Key Facts About Cassini's Oct 28 Plume Dive
Oct 27, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will sample the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, Oct. 28, when it flies through the moon's plume of icy spray. Cassini l...
Cassini Begins Series of Flybys with Close-up of Saturn Moon Enceladus
Oct 16, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will wrap up its time in the region of Saturn's large, icy moons with a series of three close encounters with Enceladus starting Wedne...
Closest-ever Views of Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Oct 16, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has begun returning its best-ever views of the northern extremes of Saturn's icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus. The spacecraft obtaine...
Cassini Begins Series of Flybys of Enceladus
Oct 14, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will wrap up its time in the region of Saturn's large, icy moons with a series of three close encounters with Enceladus starting Wedne...
Saturn's Moon Enceladus Hosts A Global Ocean
Sep 16, 2015 (SPX)
Every square inch of Saturn's small moon Enceladus overlies a potentially habitable ocean. Observations of Enceladus' slight wobble as it orbits Saturn can only...
Under Saturnian moon's icy crust lies a 'global' ocean
Sep 16, 2015 (SPX)
Cornell University researchers have learned that a global ocean lies beneath the moon's thick icy crust by measuring with precision the tiny wobbles of Saturn's...
Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Sep 16, 2015 (JPL)
A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA's Cassini mission. Rese...
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