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Artist's impression of the simulations performed in this study. Jupiter on the left, Saturn on the right. Credit: Yuri I. Fujii/L-INSIGHT [Kyoto University], Illustrator: Shinichiro Kinoshita

New study: Ancient magnetic fields may explain the difference between Jupiter's moons and Saturn's moons

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Simulations by researchers from Japan and China suggest that Jupiter's strong magnetic field created a void in the disk around it and preserved large moons, while at Saturn a weaker field led to a more sparse system dominated by
An illustration showing the position of Saturn's pole (right) compared to Earth's pole (left). Credit: SUSTech

New study: Saturn's magnetosphere tip is shifted past noon due to its rapid rotation

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Analysis of Cassini data shows that Saturn's magnetosphere does not behave like Earth's. Instead of remaining near local noon, the tip of the magnetosphere is shifted to the after noon hours, a result that could change
Saturn's moon Mimas, photographed by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute; Cassini

Boiling oceans? New study points to violent geology on icy moons

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A study published in Nature Astronomy shows how the cyclical melting and condensation of ice shells on small moons like Mimas, Enceladus and Miranda change the pressure above their hidden oceans – to the point of boiling.
NASA's Dragonfly mission robotic vehicle. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

"Very strange": Titan's atmosphere behaves like a gyroscope

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New research reveals that the dense atmosphere of the moon Titan tilts and oscillates seasonally – a discovery that will impact future missions like NASA's Dragonfly.
SwRI is studying how Saturn's largest moon maintains its dense atmosphere. Scientists think Titan's core is covered in layers of ice and a subsurface liquid ocean. New experiments show that nitrogen and methane gases produced by organic matter in the core seep to the surface, regularly renewing the atmosphere. Credit: Southwest Research Institute

Scientists decipher Titan's dense atmosphere – new discoveries about the sources of nitrogen and methane

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New research suggests that nitrogen and methane seep from Titan's rocky core to the surface, helping to maintain its dense atmosphere. The findings could shed light on the planet's internal chemistry.
This illustration shows Saturn's icy moon Enceladus with a buildup of ice particles, water vapor, and organic molecules ejected from cracks in the moon's south polar region. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Saturn's surprise: NASA discovered an energy source and a basic molecule for life on Enceladus

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In the new study, evidence for additional sources of chemical energy, much stronger and more diverse than methane production, was discovered: a group of organic compounds was found that were oxidized, and this indicates many chemical pathways for the existence of potential life in the ocean
An artist's impression of the Cassini spacecraft flying through plumes erupting from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. These geysers are very similar to geysers and emit a mixture of water vapor, ice grains, salts, methane and other organic molecules. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The Webb Space Telescope discovers a 10,000 km long plume of water erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus

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This is the first time that such a water emission has been seen from such a great distance, and in addition, the Web allows researchers a direct view, for the first time, of how this emission feeds the water supply of the entire system of
Jupiter's Great Red Spot as captured by Juno's camera lens. Its size is the size of the earth

How deep is the most famous spot in the solar system

Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and their partners on NASA's Juno space mission have revealed a series of new findings about the planet Jupiter and found a surprising similarity to Earth
This is how the planets will look on Monday evening (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/TNS)

Today's reminder this afternoon is a rare conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter

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At the time of conjunction, both planets will be seen in the west direction, just after sunset over the southwestern horizon close to the setting sun. The next close gathering - in March 2080 * and how it is related to the road
The composition of the planet Saturn. Courtesy of the researchers, based on a NASA image.

The final mission of the Cassini spacecraft: revealing the depth of Saturn's atmosphere

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Cassini's imager plunges into the gap between Saturn and its rings, in the final phase of its 20-year mission in space. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Saturn's rings will disappear within 100 million years

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The Cassini spacecraft in the vicinity of Saturn and its rings. Image: NASA/JPL.

2017 in space - the end of the Cassini mission to Saturn

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A simulation of the Dragonfly mission proposal, to send a rover that could fly through the dense and icy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. Source: APL/Mike Carroll.

Which spacecraft will succeed Cassini in exploring the secrets of Saturn and its moons?

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Cassini's imager plunges into the gap between Saturn and its rings, in the final phase of its 20-year mission in space. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Cassini Huygens crashed on Saturn, took pictures until the last moment

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Cassini's imager plunges into the gap between Saturn and its rings, in the final phase of its 20-year mission in space. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

The farewell mission of Cassini - NASA's most beloved spacecraft

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Cassini imaging during the dive between Saturn and its rings. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Cassini discovered that the space between Saturn and its rings is almost completely free of dust particles

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Cassini imaging during the dive between Saturn and its rings. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Cassini successfully completed its first dive between Saturn and its rings

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Water vapor and mineral particles drift into space from the surface of the moon Enceladus, one of the icy moons orbiting Saturn. Metamorphoses hint at the existence of an ocean beneath the ice and the fascinating possibility that it contains life. Artist rendering: NASA / David Seal.

Is there life on one of Saturn's icy moons?

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from Athens Source: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

On Mathon, a tiny moon of Saturn

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Saturn's moon Helen, as photographed by Cassini from 2011. Source: NASA.

on Saturn's moon Helen

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Enlarged section of the photograph. Source: NASA / Image editing - Ph0705, wikimedia.

Daphnis, a moon of Saturn, revealed in a new Cassini image

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One of the new close-up photos taken by Cassini on December 18, 2016. This photo shows part of Cassini's A ring, the outer of its two large rings, and is approximately 134 km from the planet. The photo was taken from a distance of 56,000 km . On the left side of the image you can see the route known by NASA as "straw", caused by small clusters of the tiny ice particles that make up Saturn's rings. The straw itself is visible on top of waves in the ring, which are created by the gravitational influence of the moons Epimetheus and Janus. In the rest The image shows the gravitational "traces" of the moon Pan.Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.

Saturn's rings are revealed in unprecedented detail in new Cassini images

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Pandora's new photography. Source: NASA.

Pandora, a small moon of Saturn, has been revealed in new Cassini images

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Saturn's rings as photographed by the Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Cassini will approach the rings on the last mission before crashing into Saturn

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Left: An image of Saturn's rings as photographed by the Cassini spacecraft. Right: Image of the rings of Uranus as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo: NASA / JPL / STScI

Has the mystery of the formation of Saturn's rings been solved?

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Saturn's moon Epimetheus as photographed on December 6, 2015 by the Cassini spacecraft. Photo: NASA

NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows: three moons of Saturn in one day

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A study by Helled, Galanti and Kaspi published in Nature determines the rotation time of Saturn (Credit: Helled et al)

Israeli researchers accurately measured the length of the day on Saturn: "It is amazing to see that in 2015 we still lack basic details about bodies in the solar system"

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Storms on Saturn. Photo: NASA

Saturn - new findings part two

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Saturn's Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream in Artificial Colors. Photo: NASA's Cassini spacecraft

New findings from Saturn - part one

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Titan. Photo: NASA/The Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Karl Kopod

Surfing Titan / Clara Moskowitz

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The solar system - the outer planets align once every 179 years

The Grand Tour - the unlaunched spacecraft to several planets for one price

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The disturbance seen at the outer edge of Saturn's A ring in the image taken by the Cassini spacecraft may be an object that is a moon in the process of formation. Photo: NASA

Planet Saturn shows: Moon is born

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Gravity measurements by the Cassini spacecraft and NASA's Deep Space Network indicate that Saturn's moon Enceladus, which has jets from its south pole, also contains a large internal sea beneath the ice sheet. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Further confirmation of the existence of a liquid water ocean beneath the surface of the Saturnian moon Enceladus

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A hurricane over the north pole of Saturn - in artificial colors. Photo: NASA

A huge hurricane was observed on Saturn

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Saturn is at its closest point to the Earth tonight and being opposite the Sun and bright it will be visible throughout the night

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Saturn's Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream in Artificial Colors. Photo: NASA's Cassini spacecraft

A massive storm on Saturn

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Mimas and the Herschel Crater on it. Taken by the Cassini spacecraft on February 13, 2010

Mimas and see - summary of new findings

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Do the cores of the giant planets contain diamonds?

Rahab Diamonds

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The temperature map of Mimas (right) and the same moon in visible light (left)

Pacman Ate the Death Star (3D)

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The leopard plume and stripes are clearly visible in Cassini's close-up images of the moon Enceladus.

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The chemistry of the moon Titan has been revealed

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

An eighth and distant ring has been discovered on Saturn

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The naked Saturn

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The orbit of the comets brings them to justice, less endangering the earth

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Saturn: Interim Summary of the Cassini Findings. Part C

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Saturn: Interim Summary of the Cassini Findings. Part II'

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Saturn: Interim Summary of the Cassini Findings. Part a'

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

A hitherto unknown moon of Saturn is responsible for the formation of one of the rings

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

The next big mission: to Jupiter and its moons

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Rain from the sun in the gas giants of the solar system

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