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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 artist's conception shows a nearly invisible ring around Saturn - the largest of the giant planet's many rings. It was discovered by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, (c) NASA, JPL-Caltech, KeckSpitzer discovers an enormous ring around Saturn

— 8 Oct 2009 06:16 | Astronomy

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn - by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings. The new belt lies at the far reaches of the Saturnian... — full story

In this sweeping view is Saturn, its rings, and a few of its moons a day and a half after what is called the Saturn equinox, when the sun shines directly over the planet's equator, (c) NASA, JPL, Space Science InstituteCassini reveals new ring quirks, shadows during Saturn equinox

— 22 Sep 2009 07:40 | Astronomy

NASA scientists are marvelling over the extent of ruffles and dust clouds revealed in the rings of Saturn during the planet's equinox last month. Scientists once thought the rings were... — 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

Crashing comets not likely the cause of Earth's mass extinctions

— 30 Jul 2009 18:00 | Astronomy

Scientists have debated how many mass extinction events in Earth's history were triggered by a space body crashing into the planet's surface. Most agree that an asteroid collision 65... — 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

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