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Massive, bright clouds of tiny ice particles hover above the darkened rings of Saturn in an image captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 22 September 2009 around the time of Saturn's equinox, (c) NASA, JPL, Space Science InstituteGhostly 'spokes' puff out from Saturn's ring's

— 15 Nov 2009 17:06 | Astronomy

Massive, bright clouds of tiny ice particles hover above the darkened rings of Saturn in an image captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 22 September 2009 around the time of Saturn's... — full story

This image shows an artist's conception of the bubble around our solar system moving through the interstellar medium, the matter that fills the local region of our galaxy. New observations from the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn suggest the shape resembles something like a slippery ball moving through smoke, (c) NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHUAPLCassini data help redraw shape of solar system

— 16 Oct 2009 13:45 | Astronomy

Images from the Ion and Neutral Camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggest that the heliosphere, the region of the sun's influence, may not have the comet-like shape predicted by existing... — full story

Global view of valleys on Titan shows North South contrast

— 16 Sep 2009 00:02 | Astronomy

A team of international scientists led by Mirjam Langhans, from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), will present first results of a global analysis of spatial patterns, occurrence and... — full story

Tethys passes silently between Saturn and Cassini as a train of storms rumbles through the planet's southern hemisphere, (c) NASA, JPL, Space Science InstituteLongest lightning storm on Saturn breaks Solar System record

— 15 Sep 2009 00:02 | Astronomy

A powerful lightning storm in Saturn's atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System's longest continuously observed thunderstorm. It broke the record duration... — full story

This southerly view of Dione shows enormous canyons extending from mid-latitudes on the trailing hemisphere, at right, to the moon's south polar region, (c) NASA, JPL, Space Science InstituteNew transient radiation belt discovered at Saturn

— 14 Sep 2009 00:02 | Astronomy

Scientists using the Cassini spacecraft's Magnetospheric Imaging instrument (MIMI) have detected a new, temporary radiation belt at Saturn, located around the orbit of its moon Dione... — full story

Surface features on Titan form like Earth's, but with a frigid twist

— 7 Aug 2009 09:51 | Astronomy

'It is really surprising how closely Titan's surface resembles Earth's,' says Rosaly Lopes, a planetary geologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, who... — full story

Wind estimate 'shortens Saturn's day by five minutes'

— 29 Jul 2009 17:01 | Astronomy

A new way of detecting how fast large gaseous planets are rotating suggests Saturn's day lasts 10 hours, 34 minutes and 13 seconds - over five minutes shorter than previous estimates... — full story

Saturn's moon shows evidence of ammonia

— 23 Jul 2009 17:24 | Astronomy

Data collected during two close flybys of Saturn's moon Enceladus by Cassini add more fuel to the fire about the icy world containing sub-surface liquid water... — full story

Image of Enceladus from Cassini, (c) NASA, JPL, Space Science InstituteFurther evidence about water ocean on Enceladus

— 24 Jun 2009 17:00 | Astronomy

Cassini has found further evidence to suggest that the Saturn's sixth largest moon Enceladus has a reservoir of water - perhaps an ocean - beneath its surface. A subsurface ocean could... — full story

The tip of the shadow of the moon Tethys is cut off where it crosses Saturn's B ring, demonstrating the variations in density across the planet's rings, (c) NASA, JPL, Space Science InstituteCassini finds Titan's clouds hang on to summer

— 4 Jun 2009 00:05 | Astronomy

Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion. Their forecast for Titan's early autumn... — full story

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