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NASA Scientists Are Working On Plans To Send Dragonfly Spacecraft To Study Saturn’s Moon, Titan

NASA Scientists Are Working On Plans To Send Dragonfly Spacecraft To Study Saturn’s Moon, Titan

With other spacecraft providing tantalizing clues as to what Saturn’s moon, Titan, may be like — NASA are currently working on plans to firm up the design for their Dragonfly spacecraft. This spacecraft would use new drone technology, combined with special instruments used on Mars, to learn more about Saturn’s unexplored moon. As Space reports, […]

5y ago

Saturn May Have Gotten Its Rings During The Reign Of The Dinosaurs, Suggests Cassini Data

Saturn May Have Gotten Its Rings During The Reign Of The Dinosaurs, Suggests Cassini Data

You can’t picture Saturn without its iconic rings — the two simply go together. But a new study based on data from NASA’s Cassini probe unveiled that the rings of Saturn may be a lot younger than previously believed, the space agency announced today. According to the latest findings — which have been published in […]

5y ago

A New Study Has Uncovered Dramatic Evidence Of The Changing Seasons On Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon

A New Study Has Uncovered Dramatic Evidence Of The Changing Seasons On Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon

There is now tantalizing proof of rainfall and of changing seasons on Titan — Saturn’s largest moon — after the Cassini spacecraft provided scientists with a fresh new image of methane rain falling down over the north pole of the moon. As Phys.org have reported, the image of rainfall on Titan would signify the beginning […]

5y ago

Saturn Is Losing Its Rings In A ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ Deterioration

Saturn Is Losing Its Rings In A ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ Deterioration

Saturn is losing its rings – the one feature that has defined the planet ever since humans first gazed upon them in the 1600s, the journal Physics is reporting. In fact, so quickly are they disappearing that the space community is calling it a “worst-case scenario.” Venus has its clouds of ammonia gas. Mars its […]

5y ago

Yuri Milner And NASA Are Teaming Up To Search For Alien Life That Might Be Hidden On Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

Yuri Milner And NASA Are Teaming Up To Search For Alien Life That Might Be Hidden On Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

Billionaire Yuri Milner has joined forces with NASA and will be working with the agency to hunt for alien life that might be lurking on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, which is 628 million miles away from Earth. As most scientists have also concluded that Enceladus is the best place to search for alien life, Milner is […]

5y ago

A New Study Has Determined How The Strange Stripes Spotted On Saturn’s Moon Dione May Have Gotten There

A New Study Has Determined How The Strange Stripes Spotted On Saturn’s Moon Dione May Have Gotten There

Scientists observing Saturn’s moon Dione have spotted some very strange stripes on it and a new study has determined how those stripes may have gotten there. As Space reports, scientists have been able to analyze data that was captured by NASA’s past Cassini mission, which concluded last year. In some of the photographs that were […]

5y ago

Data From Cassini’s ‘Grand Finale’ Reveals New Information On Saturn’s Rings

Data From Cassini’s ‘Grand Finale’ Reveals New Information On Saturn’s Rings

The Cassini mission’s “Grand Finale” came almost two decades after the spacecraft’s launch and 13 years after it entered Saturn’s orbit to collect valuable scientific information on the ringed planet and its moons. But with more than a year having passed since Cassini crash-landed into Saturn after a series of orbits, scientists are still busy […]

5y ago

NASA Discovers Dust Storms On Saturn’s Moon Titan

NASA Discovers Dust Storms On Saturn’s Moon Titan

NASA just reported that their Cassini spacecraft has found what appears to be giant dust storms in the equatorial regions of Saturn’s moon Titan. The discovery was detailed in a paper published on September 24 in Nature Geoscience. This makes Titan the third body in our solar system, aside from Earth and Mars, where dust […]

5y ago

ESA Releases New Saturn Photo Ahead Of The One-Year Anniversary Of Cassini’s ‘Grand Finale’

ESA Releases New Saturn Photo Ahead Of The One-Year Anniversary Of Cassini’s ‘Grand Finale’

Just a few days before the one-year anniversary of Cassini’s epic plunge into Saturn, the European Space Agency (ESA) shared a new exciting photo of the gas giant. After studying the planet for 13 years, the Cassini spacecraft ended its glorious mission in a (literal) blaze of glory, by crashing into Saturn’s atmosphere on September […]

5y ago

Weird Hexagon On Saturn Is Taller Than Previously Thought

Weird Hexagon On Saturn Is Taller Than Previously Thought

A weird hexagon-shaped vortex that formed above Saturn’s north pole is much taller than scientists previously thought, a new study using data gathered by an instrument aboard the Cassini spacecraft has revealed. The bizarre 20,000-mile wide jet stream of air moves at a speed of about 200 mph and surrounds a smaller circular vortex. Scientists […]

5y ago

Cassini’s ‘Last Image’ Of Saturn Goes Viral, But Was An Artist’s Creation All Along

Cassini’s ‘Last Image’ Of Saturn Goes Viral, But Was An Artist’s Creation All Along

If you saw someone posting what they claim is the Cassini spacecraft’s “last image” before crash landing into Saturn, you’ll want to think twice before retweeting it or sharing it on social media. A report from Gizmodo set the record straight on Tuesday, confirming what several users noted as the photo kept racking up views […]

5y ago

Hubble Spots Giant Blue Auroras Over Saturn’s North Pole

Hubble Spots Giant Blue Auroras Over Saturn’s North Pole

A gorgeous animation released today by the European Space Agency (ESA) unveils stunning blue auroras dancing over Saturn’s north pole. Based on a series of observations taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in 2017, the animation shows Saturn’s “fluttering auroras” glowing blue as the planet spins around on its axis. According to the space agency, […]

5y ago

A New Study Suggests The Best Spots To Search For Life On Saturn’s Largest Moon Titan

A New Study Suggests The Best Spots To Search For Life On Saturn’s Largest Moon Titan

A new study has just been published which suggests the best spots to search for life on Saturn’s largest moon Titan. The conclusion that was reached is that the moon’s very largest craters show the most promising spots that could potentially harbor the building blocks of life. Scientists have long wondered if there is life […]

5y ago

New Data Has Captured Strange Space Sounds Between Saturn And Its Moon Enceladus

New Data Has Captured Strange Space Sounds Between Saturn And Its Moon Enceladus

Astronomers have been busy dissecting data captured during Cassini’s Grand Finale mission and have come across a completely new interaction between Saturn and its moon Enceladus. According to Science Alert, by utilizing the Radio Plasma Wave Science tool (RPWS), researchers have been able to hear plasma waves traveling in between the two bodies, proving that […]

5y ago

Senior Scientist Zeroes In On Which Moon To Visit In Search Of Life

Senior Scientist Zeroes In On Which Moon To Visit In Search Of Life

In the next decade, NASA is projected to launch two multi-million dollar expeditions in search of life. While many scientists are vying for Europa, Jupiter’s smallest moon but home to the largest sub-surface ocean currently known to humans, Planetary Scientist Carolyn Porco believes we should instead focus on Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth-largest moon. According to Ars […]

5y ago

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Found To (Maybe, Just Maybe) Have The Right Conditions For Life

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Found To (Maybe, Just Maybe) Have The Right Conditions For Life

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has been ejecting molecules into space that may indicate that there is life somewhere deep within its oceans. What’s more, this stunning revelation comes from the data revealed by a long-dead spacecraft. As National Geographic reports, before the Saturn-exploring Cassini spacecraft committed suicide in 2017 by plunging itself into Saturn’s atmosphere, it […]

5y ago

Strawberry Moon To Coincide With Saturn Opposition Next Week: Here’s How To View Both Events

Strawberry Moon To Coincide With Saturn Opposition Next Week: Here’s How To View Both Events

Summer has just started, and skygazers already have a lot to look forward to next week, as the Saturn opposition and the so-called “Strawberry Moon” will be visible at around the same time. Earlier this month, the Inquisitr mentioned both events among June’s top celestial highlights, but with the month almost done and these two […]

5y ago

A New Study Shows Saturn Has Very Special Auroras That Even Show Up In The Daytime At Noon

A New Study Shows Saturn Has Very Special Auroras That Even Show Up In The Daytime At Noon

A group of researchers has just made the astonishing discovery that Saturn has auroras that can be seen during the day, with some even appearing at noon, and this is all made possible by the super fast rotation of this planet. For their new study, scientists analyzed the large amount of data that was recorded […]

5y ago

The Sky In June: ‘Strawberry Moon,’ Naked-Eye Asteroid And Amazing Views Of Saturn, Jupiter, And Mars

The Sky In June: ‘Strawberry Moon,’ Naked-Eye Asteroid And Amazing Views Of Saturn, Jupiter, And Mars

June promises to be a real treat for stargazers, as many celestial displays are set to unfold by the end of the month. Planet sightings are aplenty, as June’s sky will feature spectacular views of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The video below, released yesterday by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, provides […]

5y ago

NASA Is Considering The Use Of A Quadcopter To Explore The Surface Of Saturn’s Moon Titan

NASA Is Considering The Use Of A Quadcopter To Explore The Surface Of Saturn’s Moon Titan

Scientists have long been curious about Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and now an exciting new project known as Dragonfly is being seriously considered by NASA, which would see a quadcopter zipping around the surface of the moon and exploring Titan in-depth. One of the biggest advantages of using a quadcopter, which is very similar to […]

6y ago

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