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Titan's lakes may be shaped by waves
Jun 21, 2024 (SPX)
The existence of Titan's large seas and smaller lakes was confirmed in 2007, with images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Since then, scientists have pored o...
Discovery of organic molecules on Saturn's moon
May 15, 2024 (SPX)
The cradle of life on Earth was probably located in a hot-water vent at the bottom of the ocean. "In research, we also speak of a hydrothermal field," explained...
Enceladus Spills Its Guts through Strike-Slip Motion
May 01, 2024 (SPX)
At Enceladus's south pole, a large number of jets spray icy particles out from a set of jagged, 150-kilometer-long faults-known as the tiger-stripe faults-and t...
Dragonfly mission set for Saturn's moon Titan with NASA's confirmed plan
Apr 17, 2024 (SPX)
"Dragonfly represents a major science initiative that has captivated a broad range of stakeholders," said Nicky Fox, associate administrator of the Science Miss...
Orbital changes suggest recent formation of underground ocean on Saturn's Mimas
Apr 16, 2024 (SPX)
"Previously, we established that Mimas could currently host an ocean world only if it previously had a thicker icy shell. However, the process transitioning fro...
Titan's Dense Atmosphere Offers New Insights into Methane Chemistry
Mar 12, 2024 (SPX)
Titan distinguishes itself as the only moon in our Solar System enveloped by a thick atmosphere, predominantly composed of nitrogen and methane. The interaction...
Saturn's largest moon most likely non-habitable: Western study
Feb 15, 2024 (SPX)
This discovery means it is far less likely that space scientists and astronauts will ever find life in the outer solar system, home to the four 'giant' planets:...
Life on 'Death Star' Saturn moon Mimas has hidden ocean
Feb 07, 2024 (AFP)
But scientists said on Wednesday that underneath the unassuming moon's icy shell is a vast hidden ocean that has many of the ingredients necessary to host primi...
The aurora of Enceladus reveals itself one last time to Cassini
Jan 25, 2024 (SPX)
Between 2004 and 2017, the NASA/ESA Cassini space mission explored Saturn's environment from all angles with 293 orbits. Among the harvest of scientific results...
Titan's magic islands likely honeycombed hydrocarbon icebergs
Jan 08, 2024 (SPX)
A hazy orange atmosphere 50% thicker than Earth's and rich in methane and other carbon-based, or organic, molecules blankets Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Its s...
Hubble watches 'Spoke Season' on Saturn
Dec 26, 2023 (SPX)
Saturn's spokes are transient features that rotate along with the rings. Their ghostly appearance only persists for two or three rotations around Saturn. During...
Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Saturn's Titan Moves into Final Design Phase
Nov 29, 2023 (SPX)
The Dragonfly mission represents a significant step forward in planetary exploration. Earlier this year, it successfully met all the success criteria of its Pre...
Cassini's Grand Finale Unveils Variations in Saturn's D Ring influx
Nov 28, 2023 (SPX)
The thesis, titled "Diving Deep into Saturn's Equatorial Ionosphere with Cassini: Insights from the Grand Finale," delves into the composition of plasma - charg...
Using eclipses to calculate the transparency of Saturn's rings
Nov 16, 2023 (SPX)
The optical depth is connected to the transparency of an object, and it shows how far light can travel through that object before it gets absorbed or scattered....
Dragonfly tunnel visions
Oct 24, 2023 (SPX)
But well before NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft lander soars through Titan's skies, researchers on Earth - led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)...
New Simulations Shed Light on Origins of Saturn's Rings and Icy Moons
Sep 28, 2023 (SPX)
According to new research by NASA and its partners, Saturn's rings could have evolved from the debris of two icy moons that collided and shattered a few hundred...
Saturn images show a change of seasons as polar vortex fades
Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)
The new observations have also provided a last glimpse of Saturn's north pole, with its enormous warm vortex filled with hydrocarbon gases, before the pole begi...
Studying rivers from worlds away
Jul 11, 2023 (SPX)
A new technique developed by MIT geologists allows scientists to see how intensely rivers used to flow on Mars, and how they currently flow on Titan. The method...
Saturn's Rings shine in Webb's observations of Gas Giant
Jul 03, 2023 (SPX)
Saturn itself appears extremely dark at this infrared wavelength observed by the telescope, as methane gas absorbs almost all of the sunlight falling on the atm...
Key building block for life found at Saturn's moon Enceladus
Jun 15, 2023 (SPX)
"In 2020 (published in 2022), we used geochemical modeling to predict that phosphorus should be abundant in Enceladus' ocean," said Glein, a leading expert in e...
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