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Images from Cassini led to the discovery of a system of icy geysers on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s 62 known moons. NASA The pictures were worth another three visits.
Around seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn every year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it ...
Since 2004, the Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn, collecting gobs of data and images, resulting in major discoveries — from geysers and hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon ...
One of the first images to capture Saturn’s famous rings (and its moon, Titan) was taken in 1973, when Pioneer 11 zipped within 1,768,422 miles of the planet. Related Stories.
Saturn (right) with Jupiter in the night sky over Burnsville, N.C., in December during an event known as the great conjunction. Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption ...
Regular moons tend to orbit their planets in nice, circular orbits around the equator. Irregular moons typically orbit in big ovals further away from planets, and at a range of angles. Saturn has ...
The images were converted into composites, combining shots of Saturn from early 2018 in the optical wavelengths, along with the ultraviolet auroras around the northern pole from the previous year.
From more than 40 countries and 30 U.S. states, people around the world shared more than 1,400 images of themselves as part of the Wave at Saturn event organized by NASA's Cassini mission. That ...
The Cassini spacecraft has been studying Saturn and her moons for nearly 20 years, and is now finally running out of fuel. The Cassini mission is set to end this September, but not without a big ...
The rest of the images are yet to be published. As of May 2024, Saturn has 124 moons, according to Caltech . That’s the most of any planet in the solar system.
Click here or on 'view gallery' to see images of Saturn taken by Cassini The shots will be taken from a distance of 1.44 billion kilometres, giving people a view of the Earth from the perspective ...
Since 2004, the Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn, collecting gobs of data and images, resulting in major discoveries — from geysers and hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon ...