A crescent Enceladus appears with Saturn’s rings in this Cassini spacecraft view of the Moon .
The famed jets of water ice emanating from the south polar region of the 504 km-diameter moon are faintly visible.
They appear as a small white blur below the dark pole, down and to the right of the illuminated part of the moon’s surface. The image’s contrast was enhanced to increase their visibility.
The sunlit terrain seen here is on the trailing hemisphere of Enceladus; north is up. This...Read Full Story
MessageToEagle.com - A new analysis of radar data from the international Cassini spacecraft has revealed regional variations amongst Titan's sand dunes. The result yields new clues to the giant moon's climatic and geological history. Dune fields are common on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, second only to the seemingly uniform plains that cover most of the surface.Read Full Story
During March of 2010, the Cassini spacecraft tasted and sampled a surprising organic brew erupting in geyser-like fashion not from Yellowstone National Park, but from Saturn's moon Enceladus during a close flyby. Scientists are amazed that this tiny moon is...Read Full Story
Raw, unprocessed images from the successful Oct. 19 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft provide new views of the moon and the icy jets that burst from its southern polar region.
Enceladus Flyby E-15 (Raw Image #1)
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Cassini spacecraft takes a close view of some of the southern terrain of Saturn's moon Enceladus, where newly created terrain is on display. See New to Old on Enceladus for a mosaic of this...Read Full Story
The moon Enceladus, one of the jewels of the Saturn system, sparkles peculiarly bright in new images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The images of the moon, the first ever taken of Enceladus with Cassini's synthetic aperture radar, reveal new details of some of the grooves in the moon's south polar region and unexpected textures in the ice. These images, obtained on Nov. 6, 2011, are the highest-resolution images of this region obtained so far.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained...Read Full Story
The Rings of Saturn and EnceladusSpace Dailyby Staff Writers A crescent Enceladus appears with Saturn's rings in this Cassini spacecraft view of the moon. The famed jets of water ice emanating from the south polar region of the 504 km-diameter moon are faintly visible.Saturn And Moons Caught On Camera By Cassini Spacecraft (PHOTOS)Huffington Postall 4 news articles »
Cassini spacecraft, which since 2004 investigating Saturn and its natural moons, captured a beautiful picture of one of these moons, Enceladus, which scientists believe the oceans are hidden under a layer of ice. The image is visible (weak) Enceladus geological feature - a "geyser" that splashes water ice - the South Pole of the moon. The existence of these "geyser" leads scientists to believe that on Enceladus are large amounts of water...
Craters appear well defined on icy Rhea in front of the hazy orb of the much larger moon Titan in this Cassini spacecraft view of these two Saturn moons. Lit terrain seen here is on the leading hemispheres of Rhea and Titan. North on the moons is up and ...
The most recent spacecraft tracking and telemetry data in this reporting period were acquired on Feb. 8 from the Deep Space Network 70 meter Station 14 at Goldstone, California.
During March of 2010, the Cassini spacecraft tasted and sampled a surprising organic brew erupting in geyser-like fashion not from Yellowstone National Park, but from Saturn's moon Enceladus during a close flyby. Scientists are amazed that this tiny moon is so active, ‘hot’ and brimming with water vapour and organic chemicals.
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft sailed around Saturn in 2004, it captured a series of images that have been composed together for this mosaic picture of the planet, the sixth from the sun and the second largest in our solar system. Though the planet appears ...
Written by Jia-Rui Cook NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA - A new analysis of radar data from NASA's Cassini mission, in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, has revealed regional variations among sand dunes on Saturn's moon Titan. The result gives new clues about the moon's climatic and geological [...]
Starting in 2004, the spacecraft will explore Saturn, its mysterious rings and its many moons. The Cassini spacecraft will orbit the ringed planet for four years.
In some ways, the Cassini spacecraft has senses better than our own. For example, Cassini can "see" in wavelengths of light and energy that the human eye cannot.
The Cassini spacecraft is more than 22 feet high and more than 13 feet wide, not including its deployed boom and antennas. With the Huygens probe, it weighs about 6 tons.
Forbes - In 2005, the Cassini spacecraft flew by Enceladus and saw plumes of material erupting from the south pole of Enceladus. Scientists were surprised to see this because eruptions are powered by