Are there waves on Titan's lakes and seas? Cassini scientists say that the best chance of answering this question is with the May 23 flyby of Titan, when the Cassini spacecraft will just 970 km (603 miles) over Titan's biggest lake,' the northern sea named Ligeia Mare. Lakes, seas, and rivers were discovered on Titan
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The Cassini spacecraft has taken thousands of images of Saturn and its moons, and this one is another beauty. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and the one with the methane rain, rivers and lakes, floats in space out beyond Saturn's rings. … Continue reading →The post Planetary archive: Titan and Saturn's rings appeared first on The Meridiani Journal.
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Saturn's rings are one of the most beautiful sights in the solar system. They are an amazing planetary phenomenon – countless bits of rock, ice and dust orbiting the planet in relatively paper-thin rings, which, when seen from above, kind … Continue reading →The post How Saturn shakes its rings appeared first on The Meridiani Journal.
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Sorry to see this the last targeted flyby of Rhea. Like it hints at the end. Not going there yet. This is a remarkable image don't you think? NASA's info on the image: On its fourth and final targeted flyby … Continue reading →
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The mystery of Saturn's bright, youthful appearance is a step closer to resolution. And it actually has to do with gas. Layers of gas within the ringed giant trap heat emanating from the center, preventing the planet from cooling off as it was expected to do as it aged, according to a model developed by
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HurricanesĀare an incredible force of nature, and these huge rotating vortexes of wind are an amazing sight when viewed fromĀspace. But Earth is not the only planet that has hurricanes, and there is one onĀSaturnĀthat dwarfs any on our own … Continue reading →The post The ‘red rose' of Saturn: stunning new colour images of giant hurricane appeared first on The Meridiani Journal.
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An incredible 1,200-mile-wide vortex of spiraling clouds swirling above Saturn's north pole is seen in all its glory in this stunning image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, originally captured last year but recently released by NASA on April 29. Taking advantage of a new orbital trajectory that puts it high above Saturn's rings and poles, Cassini
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He's not even finished his first university degree yet, butĀTim Kennelly is already part of a team that is altering our perception of time on Saturn. The University of Iowa undergrad — in junior year, yet — led a paper describing activity in Saturn's magnetosphere, where charged particles collect and sometimes form auroras. The process
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Newly taken Cassini images show Saturn's north polar storms in false color. This is a nice close up of the northern polar vortex is aptly named “The Rose” in the JPL press release. This is only one image and you … Continue reading →
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According to planetary scientist and Cassini imaging team leader Carolyn Porco, about 98 geyser jets of all sizes near Enceladus's south pole are spraying water vapor, icy particles, and organic compounds out into space. The spray from those geysers are evident in this new image from Cassini, showing a big, beautiful plume, illuminated by light
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Meteors flashing across the sky are a common sight here on Earth, but of course they are not limited to only our planet; these bits of rocky debris, smaller pieces of asteroids and comets known as meteoroids, can be found … Continue reading →The post Cassini sees meteor impacts in Saturn's rings appeared first on The Meridiani Journal.
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Checking out the above pictures of a Saturn hurricane, one can't help but wonder: how close was the Cassini spacecraft to spiralling down into gassy nothingness? (...)Read the rest of Saturn Storm's ‘Suck Zone' Shown In Spectacular Cassini Shots (463 words) Ā Elizabeth Howell for Universe Today, 2013. | Permalink | No comment | Post
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Narrated video about a hurricane-like storm seen at Saturn's north pole by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Download video Related videoThe spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm resembles a deep red rose of giant proportions surrounded by green foliage in this false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI. Full image and captionThe north pole of Saturn, in the fresh light of spring, is revealed in this col
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids breaking into streams of rubble and crashing into Saturn's rings. These observations make Saturn's rings the only location besides Earth, the Moon and Jupiter where meteor impacts have been observed as they occur.ĀThe meteoroids at Saturn are estimated to range from about one-half
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