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Jun 17, 2020The new research by scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency has implications for the entire Saturn system as well as other planets and moons.
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Dec 9, 2019Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is of great interest to scientists due to its subsurface ocean, making it a prime target for those searching for life elsewhere.
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Oct 5, 2019New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the plumes bursting from Saturn's moon Enceladus. The findings are the result of the ongoing deep dive into data from NASA's Cassini mission.
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Sep 21, 2019Using radar data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, recently published research presents a new scenario to explain why some methane-filled lakes on Saturn's moon Titan are surrounded by steep rims that reach hundreds of feet high.
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Aug 1, 2019Advancing our search for the building blocks of life, the Dragonfly mission will fly multiple sorties to sample and examine sites around Saturn’s icy moon.
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Dec 4, 2018Scientists have found that the water in Saturn’s rings and satellites is unexpectedly like water on the Earth, except on Saturn’s moon Phoebe, where the water is more unusual than on any other object so far studied in the Solar System.
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Oct 26, 2018Mysterious straight bright stripes have been discovered on Saturn’s moon Dione, says new research.
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Oct 19, 2017A team of Saturn moons keeps Saturn's A ring from spreading.
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Dec 8, 2016Freshly harvested data from NASA’s Cassini mission reveals that Saturn’s bulging core and twisting gravitational forces offer clues to the ages of the planet’s moons.
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Aug 16, 2015NASA's Cassini spacecraft will zip past Saturn's moon Dione on Monday, Aug. 17 -- the final close flyby of this icy satellite during the spacecraft's long mission.