News articles tagged with 'Cassini' (Page 2)
Saturn's icy moon may keep oceans liquid with wobble
— 8 Oct 2010 13:12 | AstronomySaturn's icy moon Enceladus should not be one of the most promising places in our solar system to look for extraterrestrial life. Instead, it should have frozen solid billions of years…
Enceladus may keep its oceans liquid by wobbling
— 7 Oct 2010 15:45 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft discovered a giant plume of water gushing from cracks in the surface near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus in 2005, indicating that there was a reservoir…
New views of Saturn's aurora, captured by Cassini
— 24 Sep 2010 12:02 | AstronomyA new movie and images showing Saturn's shimmering aurora over a two-day period are helping scientists understand what drives some of the solar system's most impressive light shows…
Cassini gazes at veiled Titan
— 24 Sep 2010 11:59 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft will swing high over Saturn's moon Titan on Friday, Sept. 24, taking a long, sustained look at the hazy moon. At closest approach, Cassini will fly within…
Spring on Titan brings sunshine and patchy cloud
— 22 Sep 2010 11:22 | AstronomyTitan's northern hemisphere is set for mainly fine spring weather, with polar skies clearing since the equinox in August last year. Cassini's VIMS instrument has been monitoring clouds…
Cassini captures a divine Dione
— 8 Sep 2010 13:26 | AstronomyCruising past Saturn's moon Dione this past weekend, NASA's Cassini spacecraft got its best look yet at the north polar region of this small, icy moon and returned stark raw images…
Cassini bags Enceladus 'tigers'
— 15 Aug 2010 12:54 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its flyby over the 'tiger stripes' in the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus and has sent back images of its passage.…
Cassini hunting Enceladus 'tigers' with night vision
— 13 Aug 2010 08:09 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft will be hunting for heat signatures at the 'tiger stripes' in the dim south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Friday, Aug. 13. The closest approach…
Cassini sees moon building giant snowballs in Saturn ring
— 21 Jul 2010 07:18 | AstronomyWhile orbiting Saturn for the last six years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has kept a close eye on the collisions and disturbances in the gas giant's rings. They provide the only nearby…
Caltech scientists measure changing lake depths on Titan
— 15 Jul 2010 15:09 | AstronomyOn Earth, lake levels rise and fall with the seasons and with longer-term climate changes, as precipitation, evaporation, and runoff add and remove liquid. Now, for the first time,…