News articles tagged with 'Dione'
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…
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…
New transient radiation belt discovered at Saturn
— 14 Sep 2009 00:02 | AstronomyScientists 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…
Cassini finds mingling moons may share a dark past
— 20 Feb 2008 13:13 | AstronomyDespite the incredible diversity of Saturn's icy moons, theirs is a story of great interaction. Some of them are pock-marked, some seemingly dirty, others pristine, one spongy, one…
Two more active moons around Saturn
— 13 Jun 2007 20:39 | AstronomySaturn's moons Tethys and Dione are flinging great streams of particles into space, according to data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini mission to Saturn. The discovery suggests the possibility…
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