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Hydrocarbon Hyperion
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| Topic: Saturn |
07/07/07 |
| Summary: NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed for the first time surface details of Saturn's moon Hyperion, including cup-like craters filled with hydrocarbons that may indicate more widespread presence in our solar system of basic chemicals necessary for life. |
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Saturn's Active Moons
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| Topic: Saturn |
06/19/07 |
| Summary: The Cassini spacecraft has found that Saturn's icy moons Tethys and Dione are flinging streams of particles into space. The findings suggest that these moons may be geologically active. |
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Hot Stuff on Saturn
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| Topic: Saturn |
02/02/07 |
| Summary: A recent study has changed our understanding of planetary atmospheres and may have implications for understanding the future of our own planet's climate. How Earth's environment changes over time is directly related to the evolution and survival of life on Earth. |
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Moonlet Wakes
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| Topic: Saturn |
04/01/06 |
| Summary: New observations of propeller-shaped disturbances in Saturn's A ring indicate the presence of four small, embedded moons -- and most likely millions more, Cornell University astronomers report. |
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Saturn's Fury
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| Topic: Saturn |
02/18/06 |
| Summary: Imagine an electrical storm larger than the continental United States in which the lightning bolts are more than 1,000 times stronger than conventional lightning, and you'll have a good idea of the lightning storm -- the strongest of its kind ever seen -- that University of Iowa space scientists and their colleagues currently are tracking at Saturn with the Cassini spacecraft. |
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Surfing Saturn's Gravity
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| Topic: Saturn |
11/11/05 |
| Summary: By watching a distant star as it passed behind Saturn's outer rings, Cornell University astronomers on NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn have found the most direct evidence to date of patterns, called gravitational wakes, within the planet's outer rings. |
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Ciclops' Double Vision
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| Topic: Saturn |
10/05/05 |
| Summary: Cassini performed back-to-back flybys of Saturn moons Tethys and Hyperion last weekend, coming closer than ever before to each of them. |
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Gravity Assist Bumper Cars
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| Topic: Saturn |
09/07/05 |
| Summary: New observations from the Cassini spacecraft now at Saturn indicate the particles comprising one of its most prominent rings are trapped in ever-changing clusters of debris that are regularly torn apart and reassembled by gravitational forces from the planet. |
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Cloudy Saturn
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| Topic: Saturn |
09/06/05 |
| Summary: Cassini scientists have discovered an unexpected menagerie of clouds lurking in the depths of Saturn's complicated atmosphere. |
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Saturn's Aurora
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| Topic: Saturn |
08/06/05 |
| Summary: New images of Saturn obtained by a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team on June 21 using an instrument on the Cassini spacecraft show auroral emissions at its poles similar to Earth's Northern Lights. |
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