Items tagged with saturn

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Planets Align for the 4th of July Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 - 10:51:02 - Anuradha Menon No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of sunset, a trio of worlds is... read more

Saturn's Secondary Aurora: More Information Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 - 08:24:14 - Ehud Rattner A UK team of researchers have discovered a secondary aurora sparkling on Saturn and also started to unravel the mechanisms that drive the process... read more

New Type of Aurora Spotted on Saturn Friday, June 20th, 2008 - 08:40:32 - Ehud Rattner A new type of aurora may exist on Saturn, creating a faint ring around one the planet's poles, a new study suggests. Debris from Saturn's moon... read more

Wave Pattern in Saturn's Atmosphere Thursday, May 8th, 2008 - 23:44:34 - Iddo Genuth Scientists have discovered a wavepattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years, according to two studies... read more

Jupiter's Shadowy Ring Behavior Thursday, May 1st, 2008 - 14:41:32 - Ehud Rattner Jupiter's faint rings might seem plain-Jane compared with Saturn's spectacular disks, but they have vexed astronomers for years, because the outer... read more

NASA Extends Saturn Mission Saturday, April 19th, 2008 - 10:18:02 - Sarah Gingichashvili NASA says it is extending the international Cassini mission that is touring Saturn and its moons for another two years. The space agency announced... read more

Life Supporting Conditions on Saturn's Moon Saturday, March 29th, 2008 - 22:12:51 - Iddo Genuth Scientists found warmth, water and organic chemicals on Saturn's small moon Enceladus which are the basic ingredients for life, media reported... read more

Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan's Crust Friday, March 21st, 2008 - 15:11:03 - Ehud Rattner NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan... read more

Saturn's Moon Tethys Had liquid Water Ocean Saturday, March 15th, 2008 - 12:49:55 - Iddo Genuth One of Saturn's moons may once have harboured a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface, scientists have told a major conference in Houston, Texas... read more

Cassini Probe to Fly Into Saturn's Moon Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 - 16:30:00 - Ehud Rattner The Cassini spacecraft will fly into mysterious icy plumes erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday. The flyby, the spacecraft's closest... read more

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