How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations
To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...
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Saturn as You’ve Never Seen Before – Cassini’s Final Legacy!
NASA’s Cassini mission provided the world with unparalleled views of Saturn and its rings. After 13 years, its final images stunned us all. Explore the breathtaking legacy of this groundbreaking ...
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Saturn's Rings Had Strange Seasonal Spokes - Hubble To Study
It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to monitor the planet post-Cassini mission. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...
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NASA Cassini spacecraft closest images of Saturn yet
On April 26, NASA flew its Cassini spacecraft closer to Saturn than ever before. In fact, it's the closest any spacecraft has ever come to Saturn — just 1,900 miles from the beautiful planet's ...
6 breathtaking images of Saturn shared by NASA
A startling silhouette of Saturn is created in this Cassini spacecraft portrait. A kingly crescent Saturn rests on the right of this Cassini spacecraft portrait while the moon Mimas appears above the ...
8 stunning images of Saturn rings shared by NASA
Saturn's rings consist of ice, dust, and rocks, with particles varying in size from small grains to large boulders. Saturn's rings are divided into several main groups, each named in alphabetical ...
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Saturn News
discovered through analysis of its orbit by Cassini spacecraft data. This ocean formed just 5-15 million years ago, making Mimas a ... NASA's Hubble Watches 'Spoke Season' on Saturn Dec. 21 ...
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Opinion: Saturn’s moon looked like a snowy Utah landscape in my mind. The reality is just as compelling
In it, Saturn hangs over windswept snow and brown ... painting promised could not be more different. Released from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, the Huygens probe descended by parachute for some ...
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Webb Telescope’s New Images Of Saturn Are ‘Simply Breathtaking’
As it happens, it’s been summer in Saturn’s northern hemisphere since NASA’s Cassini mission—which it orbited for 13 years—ended in 2017. With its northern autumnal equinox due in 2025 ...