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Violent methane storms on Titan may solve dune direction mystery
Apr 19, 2015 (SPX)
With its thick, hazy atmosphere and surface rivers, mountains, lakes and dunes, Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is one of the most Earthlike places in the solar s...
NASA-funded Study Explains Saturn's Epic Tantrums
Apr 17, 2015 (JPL)
The long-standing mystery of why Saturn seethes with enormous storms every 30 years may have been solved by scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mis...
Saturn Spacecraft Returns to the Realm of Icy Moons
Mar 31, 2015 (JPL)
A dual view of Saturn's icy moon Rhea marks the return of NASA's Cassini spacecraft to the realm of the planet's icy satellites. This follows nearly two years d...
A new spin on Saturn's peculiar rotation
Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)
Tracking the rotation speed of solid planets, like the Earth and Mars, is a relatively simple task: Just measure the time it takes for a surface feature to roll...
Titan's Atmosphere Created As Gases Escaped Core
Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)
A decade ago, a tiny but mighty probe descended into the soupy atmosphere of Titan. This moon of Saturn is of great interest to astrobiologists because its chem...
Researchers study methane-rich plumes from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has measured a curious abundance of methane spewing into the atmosphere of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. A team of American and French ...
Hot water activity on icy moon's seafloor
Mar 13, 2015 (ESA)
Tiny grains of rock detected by the international Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn point to hydrothermal activity on the seafloor of its icy moon Enceladus. T...
Exploring the Depths of Titan's Seas
Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)
In our solar system, there are only two planetary bodies with liquid lakes and seas-Earth and Titan, a moon of Saturn. But instead of water, Titan lakes are mad...
Rocky grains stir theories of life on Saturn moon
Mar 11, 2015 (AFP)
Grains of rock spewed into deep space suggest a small moon of Saturn has hydrothermal vents, boosting theories it may harbour microbial life, scientists said We...
Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan
Mar 02, 2015 (SPX)
A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life on Earth has been modeled by a team of Cornell University r...
NASA wants to send a submarine to Saturn's moon Titan
Feb 16, 2015 (UPI)
The seas of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, are no place for astronauts. The frigid bodies of liquified natural gas are a study in inhabitability. But scientists ...
A New Way to View Titan: 'Despeckle' It
Feb 13, 2015 (JPL)
During 10 years of discovery, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has pulled back the smoggy veil that obscures the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Cassini's rad...
Cassini Catches Titan Naked in the Solar Wind
Jan 29, 2015 (JPL)
Researchers studying data from NASA's Cassini mission have observed that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, behaves much like Venus, Mars or a comet when exposed to ...
NASA and ESA Celebrate 10 Years Since Titan Landing
Jan 15, 2015 (JPL)
Ten years ago, an explorer from Earth parachuted into the haze of an alien moon toward an uncertain fate. After a gentle descent lasting more than two hours, it...
Scientists Pinpoint Saturn With Exquisite Accuracy
Jan 09, 2015 (JPL)
Scientists have paired NASA's Cassini spacecraft with the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio-telescope system to pinpoint the p...
More accurate Saturn positioning helps improve astro navigation
Jan 09, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists have used the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio-telescope system and NASA's Cassini spacecraft to measure the posit...
Signs of Europa Plumes Remain Elusive in Search of Cassini Data
Dec 19, 2014 (JPL)
A fresh look at data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its 2001 flyby of Jupiter shows that Europa's tenuous atmosphere is even thinner than previou...
Saturn's Moons: What a Difference a Decade Makes
Dec 11, 2014 (JPL)
Almost immediately after NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft made their brief visits to Saturn in the early 1980s, scientists were hungry for more. The Voyagers had ...
Tennessee research offers explanation for Titan dune puzzle
Dec 09, 2014 (SPX)
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a peculiar place. Unlike any other moon, it has a dense atmosphere. It has rivers and lakes made up of components of natural ga...
Cassini probe measures sea depth on Saturn's moon Titan
Nov 12, 2014 (UPI)
According to new radar measurements recorded by NASA's Cassini probe, the largest hydrocarbon sea on Saturn's moon Titan, Kraken Mare, is at least 115 feet deep...
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