News articles tagged with 'Cassini'
Cassini chronicles life of Saturn's giant storm
— 18 Nov 2011 17:07 | AstronomyNew images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that ravaged the northern face of Saturn for nearly a year…
Cassini spacecraft observes seasonal rains on Titan
— 18 Mar 2011 14:24 | AstronomyAs spring continues to unfold on Saturn, April showers on the planet's largest moon, Titan, have brought methane rain to its equatorial deserts, as revealed in images captured by NASA's…
Surprise hidden in Titan's smog: Cirrus-like clouds
— 4 Feb 2011 16:49 | AstronomyEvery day is a bad-air day on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Blanketed by haze far worse than any smog belched out in Los Angeles, Beijing or even Sherlock Holmes' London, the moon looks…
Cassini sends back postcards of Saturn moons
— 2 Feb 2011 16:58 | AstronomyOn 31 January 2011, NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed by several of Saturn's intriguing moons, snapping images along the way. Cassini passed within about 60,000 kilometres (37,282 miles)…
Cassini rocks Rhea rendezvous
— 14 Jan 2011 15:20 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, returning raw images of the icy moon's surface. Pictures of the Rhea surface taken around…
Cassini spots potential ice volcano on Titan
— 15 Dec 2010 18:08 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew molten rock…
Cyclone lasting more than 5 years is detected on Saturn
— 15 Dec 2010 17:26 | AstronomyResearchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) have been monitoring a cyclone on Saturn for more than five years. This makes it the longest-lasting cyclone detected…
Cassini returns images of bright jets at Enceladus
— 2 Dec 2010 20:07 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully dipped near the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Nov. 30. Though Cassini's closest approach took it to within about 48 kilometres (30 miles)…
Thin air - Cassini finds ethereal atmosphere at Rhea
— 30 Nov 2010 21:38 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a very tenuous atmosphere known as an exosphere, infused with oxygen and carbon dioxide around Saturn's icy moon Rhea. This is the first time…
Spring has sprung on Titan
— 22 Oct 2010 19:38 | AstronomyNASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent back dreamy raw images of Saturn's moon Titan that show the appearance of clouds around the moon's midsection. These bright clouds likely appeared…