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Cascading collisions could explain Saturn’s rings, Titan’s atmosphere, and many other Saturnian mysteries
A single scenario could explain some of the odd features of Saturn's cosmic neighborhood. A project that set out to seek the ...
If Titan formed from a merger, the researchers found, its eccentric orbit could destabilize smaller moons closer to Saturn, ...
Of the solar system’s planets, Saturn piques the human imagination with its signature rings and impressive moon count of 274. But compelling new research reignites theories of an ancient collision ...
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From Titan to Enceladus: How Cassini revolutionized our understanding of Saturn’s moons and revealed clues to potential habitability
During its final Grand Finale phase, Cassini performed death-defying maneuvers through Saturn’s rings and over its poles, ...
Netherlands-based director Sander van den Berg has taken images from NASA's Cassini orbiter and Voyager spacecraft to create an amazing new video of Saturn entitled "Outer Space." At first, the ...
Now, a study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes an explanation linking the formation of the moons and rings, centering on the possibility that Titan is the product of a moon merger.
NASA's workhorse Saturn orbiter Cassini has just beamed back stunning new views of the ringed planet's dazzling moons, including the probe's closest-ever pass over the ice geysers of Enceladus. The ...
Cassini mission data shows Saturn’s moon Enceladus generates Alfvén waves extending over 504,000 km, circulating energy and momentum through Saturn’s magnetosphere, according to Universe Today and ...
How can Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, influence its much larger parent planet? This is what a recent study published in the ...
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will work hard to the very end. Cassini will plummet into Saturn's atmosphere early Friday morning (Sept. 15), ending its epic 13-year stint at the ringed planet with a bang.
After a 20-year voyage, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is poised to dive into Saturn this week to become forever one with the exquisite planet. There's no turning back: Friday it careens through the ...
Cassini is ending its 13-year tour of the Saturn system with an intentional plunge into the planet to ensure Saturn’s moons. In particular Cassini will avoid Enceladus, with its subsurface ocean and ...
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