Cassini Spacecraft

A NASA spacecraft snapped dazzling new photos of two Saturn moons and began tilting its orbit in preparation for more a detailed study of the giant planet's poles and rings. The Cassini probe made its closest-ever flyby of the tiny moon Methone on May 20 ...  

Written by Jia-Rui C. Cook NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn’s tiny moon Methone as part of a trajectory that will take it on a close flyby of another of Saturn’s moons, Titan. The Titan flyby will put the spacecraft in an orbit around Saturn [...]  

MistrX writes with a tidbit about what the Cassini probe is up to nowadays. From the article: "NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn's tiny moon Methone as part of a trajectory that will take it on a close flyby of another of Saturn's moons, Titan. The Titan flyby will put the spacecraft in an orbit around Saturn that is inclined, or tilted, relative to the plane of the planet's equator. The flyby of Methone took place...  

Written by Jia-Rui C. Cook NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – NASA’s Cassini spacecraft successfully flew by Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Dione during close flybys on May 2nd, 2012, capturing these raw images. The flybys were the last close encounters of these icy moons that Cassini will make for three years. Cassini flew by [...]  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn's tiny moon Methone as part of a trajectory that will take it on a close flyby of another of Saturn's moons, Titan. The Titan flyby will put the spacecraft in an orbit around Saturn that is inclined, or tilted, relative to the plane of the planet's equator. The flyby of Methone took place on May 20 at a distance of about 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers). It was Cassini's closest flyby...  

Jet Propulsion LaboratoryEnceladus gets last visit from Cassini spacecraft until 2015Spaceflight NowBY STEPHEN CLARK NASA's Cassini spacecraft skimmed 46 miles above the icy surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, taking radio measurements to deduce what might feed powerful geysers of water vapor streaming into space from the enigmatic ...NASA probe swings by to snap great photos of Saturn moonsmsnbc.comEnceladus on display in newest...  

Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through one of Saturn's rings and leaving glittering trails behind them.  

Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them. These trails in the rings, which scientists are calling "mini-jets," fill in a missing link in our story of the curious behavior of the F ring.  

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has made its closest approach to the tiny Saturnian moon of Methone -- a celestial object that was first uncovered by the probe's imaging team just eight years ago. Methone is a miniature moon, with a diameter of about three ...  

Pasadena CA (JPL) May 22, 2012 NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn's tiny moon Methone as part of a trajectory that will take it on a close flyby of another of Saturn's moons, Titan. The Titan flyby will put the spacecraft in an orbit around Saturn that is inclined, or tilted, relative to the plane of the planet's equator. The flyby of Methone took place on May 20 at a distance of about 1,200 m  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly within about 46 miles (74 kilometers) of Saturn's moon Enceladus on May 2,2012. Yay! More images of this moon's mysterious jets!  

Written by Jia-Rui C. Cook NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Tethys were taken on April 14th, 2012, by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Cassini flew by Enceladus at an altitude of about 46 miles (74 kilometers). This flyby was designed primarily for the ion and neutral [...]  

  WASHINGTON, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through one of Saturn's rings and leaving glittering trails behind them. The results will be...  

The robotic Cassini spacecraft captured a spectacular view of Saturn's moon Dione on its closest-ever fly-past - and caught two of the ringed planet's 62 other moons in the background.  

Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2012 NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully flew by Saturn's moons Enceladus and Dione during close flybys on May 2, 2012, capturing these raw images. The flybys were the last close encounters of these icy moons that Cassini will make for three years. Cassini flew by Enceladus at an altitude of about 46 miles (74 kilometers). This flyby was designed primarily for the radio science sub-system to  

Written by Jia-Rui C. Cook NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – Scientists working with images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn’s F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them. These trails in the rings, which scientists are calling “mini-jets,” fill in a missing link in our [...]  

Written by Jia-Rui C. Cook NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – Data from NASA’s Cassini mission reveal Saturn’s moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began exploring the Saturn system in 2004. Using data from multiple spacecraft instruments and a computer model [...]  

(Phys.org) -- Less than three weeks after its last visit to the Saturnian moon Enceladus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns for an encore. At closest approach on April 14, the spacecraft will be just as low over the moon's south polar region as it was on March 27 -- 46 miles, or 74 kilometers.  

Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 17, 2012 These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus and Tethys were taken on April 14, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini flew by Enceladus at an altitude of about 46 miles (74 kilometers). This flyby was designed primarily for the ion and neutral mass spectrometer to analyze, or "taste," the composition of the moon's south polar plume as the spacecraft flew through it.  

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus hangs below the gas giant’s rings while Titan lurks in the background, in this new image taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Faint detail of the tiger stripe markings can be seen on Enceladus’ surface, which is framed against Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. With jets of water ice and vapour streaming from Enceladus’ south pole, and liquid hydrocarbon lakes pooling beneath Titan’s thick atmosphere, these are two of Saturn...  

Is it Snowing Microbes on Enceladus? Written by Dauna Coulter Science at NASA Washington, D.C. – There’s a tiny moon orbiting beyond Saturn’s rings that’s full of promise, and maybe — just maybe — microbes. In a series of tantalizingly close flybys to the moon, named “Enceladus,” NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed watery jets erupting [...]  

Washington, Apr 24 : Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through one of Saturn's rings and leaving glittering trails behind them.  

Icy Moons through Cassini’s Eyes Written by Jia-Rui C. Cook NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – Cassini passed Enceladus first on March 27th, coming within about 46 miles (74 kilometers) of the moon’s surface. The encounter was primarily designed for Cassini’s ion and neutral mass spectrometer, which “tasted” the composition of Enceladus’ south polar [...]  

Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 23, 2012 A new study analyzing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that the lake, known as Ontario Lacus, behaves most similarly to what we call a salt pan on Earth. A group led by Thomas Cornet of the Universite de Nantes, France, a Cassini associate, found evidence for long-standing channels etched into the lake bed within the southern boundary of the depression. This suggests that  

But the images become awe-inspiring when you realize they are all actually real photos taken by NASA ... "I think the F ring is Saturn's weirdest ring, and these latest Cassini results go to show how the F ring is even more dynamic than we ever thought ...  

Manchester, UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2012 Since the NASA / ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2004, astronomers and space scientists have been able to study the ringed planet and its moons in great detail. Now, for the first time, a team of planetary scientists have made simultaneous measurements of Saturn's nightside aurora, magnetic field, and associated charged particles. Together the fields and particle data p  

Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2012 NASA's Cassini spacecraft is preparing to make its lowest pass yet over the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus, where icy particles and water vapor spray out in glittering jets. The closest approach, at an altitude of about 46 miles (74 kilometers), will occur around 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on March 27. This flyby is primarily designed for Cassini's ion and neutral mass s  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn's tiny moon Methone as part of a trajectory that will take it on a close flyby of another of Saturn's moons, Titan. The Titan flyby will put the spacecraft in an orbit around Saturn that is inclined, or tilted, relative to the plane of the planet's equator. The flyby of Methone took place on May 20 at a distance of about 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers). It was Cassini's closest flyby...  

Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 29, 2012 There's a tiny moon orbiting beyond Saturn's rings that's full of promise, and maybe - just maybe - microbes. In a series of tantalizingly close flybys to the moon, named "Enceladus," NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed watery jets erupting from what may be a vast underground sea. These jets, which spew through cracks in the moon's icy shell, could lead back to a habitable zone that is  

Pasadena, CA – Saturn’s giant moon Titan hides behind a thick, smoggy atmosphere that’s well known to scientists as one of the most complex chemical environments in the solar system. It’s a productive “factory” cranking out ...  

Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2012 Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began exploring the Saturn system in 2004. Using data from multiple spacecraft instruments and a computer model of the moon's chemistry, geophysics and geology, scientists found Phoebe was a so-called planetesimal, or  

Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2012 These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus, Janus and Dione were taken on March 27 and 28, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini passed Enceladus first on March 27, coming within about 46 miles (74 kilometers) of the moon's surface. The encounter was primarily designed for Cassini's ion and neutral mass spectrometer, which "tasted" the composition of Enceladus' south p  

NASA’s Cassini probe has been closely inspecting Saturn since 2004. The probe snapped some very interesting pictures of Saturn’s famous rings recently as gigantic ice balls plowed through Saturn’s F-ring. The F-ring is the outermost main ring of Saturn and is roughly 3000 km beyond the A-ring. The gigantic F-ring has a circumference of almost Read The Full Story  

Explanation: What's that past Dione? When making its closest pass yet of Saturn's moon Dione late last year, the robotic Cassini spacecraft snapped this far-ranging picture featuring Dione, Saturn's rings, and the two small moons Epimetheus and Prometheus. The above image captures part of the heavily cratered snow-white surface of the 1,100 kilometer wide Dione, the thinness of Saturn's rings, and the comparative darkness of the smaller moon...  

#watchthis Video artist Sander van cen Berg created this winsome video entirely out of still images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions. Because the video is constructed like a flipbook, it also has a retro feel that's hard to beat. More »  

The Cassini spacecraft has captured new images and measurements of some of Saturn’s moons. This new evidence may help scientists determine if life does exist outside of Earth’s closed system. Enceladus, the moon with the most promise for microbial life, has cryovolcanic geysers on its surface that spews into the moons thin atmosphere. The Cassini spacecraft flew into these plumes at an altitude of 46 miles above the surface. They used the ion...  

A moon of Saturn that looks like a cosmic wet sponge is in fact covered in ices, both of water and carbon dioxide, images from a NASA spacecraft show. Hyperion, with an irregular potato-like shape and honeycomb surface, is the subject of a new analysis of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in September 2005, ScienceNews.org reported Wednesday. Hydrocarbons and iron-containing compounds mixed in with the ice give the moon a reddish...  

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, floats along the giant planet's rings like a jewel on a necklace in this May 6 photo from the Cassini spacecraft. Cassini was seeing the rings edge-on, so they form a thin ribbon while casting dark shadows on Saturn's southern hemisphere. Cassini was about 475,000 miles (765,000 km) from Titan when it snapped the picture. [NASA/JPL/SSI] Text ©2012 The University of Texas at Austin McDonald...  

Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show that the variation in radio waves controlled by the planet's rotation is different in the northern and southern hemispheres. Moreover, the northern and southern rotational variations also appear to change with the Saturnian seasons, and the hemispheres have actually swapped rates.  

On May 2, the Cassini spacecraft will be swooping past the moon we all love to love — Enceladus — and coming within 74 kilometers (46 miles) of its fractured, jet-spewing surface. The images should be spectacular, and the science should be just as enticing. With Cassini’s radio science experiment, scientists hope to learn more [...]  

NASA's workhorse Saturn orbiter Cassini has just beamed back stunning new views of the ringed planet's dazzling moons, including the probe's closest-ever pass over the ice geysers of Enceladus. The new photos reveal the plume of water ice and vapor that ...  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be flying within about 46 miles (74 kilometers) of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, May 2, aiming primarily to learn more about the moon's internal structure. The flyby is the third part of a trilogy of flybys -- the other two took place on April 28, 2010, and Nov. 30, 2010 -- for Cassini's radio science experiment. The radio science team is particularly interested in learning how mass is distributed under...  

These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus and Tethys were taken on April 14, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini flew by Enceladus at an altitude of about 46 miles (74 kilometers). This flyby was designed primarily for the ion and neutral mass spectrometer to analyze, or "taste," the composition of the moon's south polar plume as the spacecraft flew through it.  Cassini's path took it along the length of Baghdad Sulcus...  

This raw, unprocessed image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 2, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Enceladus at approximately 239,799 miles (385,919 kilometers) away. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.  

Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them.  

Two of Saturn's moons are dwarfed by the giant planet and its rings in this family portrait from the Cassini spacecraft, which will mark its eighth year in Saturnian orbit in July. This image was put out by the Cassini imaging team on Monday, just a little too late to make our To …  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft zoomed by two Saturn moons this week to take what scientists say are the last close-up views of the geyser-covered Enceladus and cratered Dione for several years. Cassini made the two-moon rendezvous on Wednesday (May 2), creeping ...  

IBTimes.co.ukCassini Sees Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn RingJet Propulsion LaboratoryImages from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them. These trails in the rings, which scientists are calling "mini-jets," fill in ...Cassini Spacecraft Sees New Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn RingMarketWatch (press release)Cassini...  

Spray it again, Enceladus! This Saturday the Cassini spacecraft paid another visit to Enceladus, Saturn’s 318-mile-wide moon that’s become famous for its icy geysers.During its latest close pass Cassini got a chance to “taste” Enceladus’ spray using its ion and neutral mass spectrometer, giving researchers more information on what sort of watery environment may be hiding [...]  

Explanation: Although its colors may be subtle, Saturn's moon Helene is an enigma in any light. The moon was imaged in unprecedented detail last June as the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn swooped to within a single Earth diameter of the diminutive moon. Although conventional craters and hills appear, the above image also shows terrain that appears unusually smooth and streaked. Planetary astronomers are inspecting these detailed...  

Brett Smith for Redorbit.com [ Watch the Video ] Scientists studying images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have found evidence of massive snowballs dragging glittering trails from one of Saturn’s rings. Saturn’s F ring has often been thought to be the most affected of the giant plant’s rings, often changing its look over the course of hours. The orbiting debris field measures a few hundred miles wide and is shepherded around the planet...  

The rings of Saturn are the most extensive planetary ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from micrometers to meters, that form clumps that in turn orbit about Saturn. The ring particles are made almost entirely of water ice, with some contamination from dust and other chemicals. Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile...  

Saturn's outermost ring, the F Ring, shows wiggles, spikes, curls, and other structures in these two images from the Cassini spacecraft, which were snapped about two months apart. Saturn itself has been blocked out. Most of the structures (which have been exaggerated) are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon Prometheus. Others, such as the spoke at top left in the left image, are caused by odd objects that may be tiny moons or clumps...  

Scientists say strange half-mile-sized objects punching through parts of one of Saturn's rings leave glittering trails behind them they've dubbed "mini-jets." The findings, seen in images from NASA's orbiting Cassini spacecraft, fill in a missing link in the understanding of the curious behavior of Saturn's outermost ring, known as the F ring, a release from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said Monday. The F ring, perhaps...  

Launched in 1997, the Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit in June 2004 with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe bolted to its side. In December 2004, the spacecraft successfully released Huygens, which entered the atmosphere of S  

Over the past few days NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has performed flybys of several of Saturn’s moons. From the ostentatious Enceladus with its icy geysers to the rugged relief of Rhea, the sharp peaks of Dione’s frigid craters and even diminutive Janus, Cassini has once again returned a stack of stunning views from the Saturnian system, [...]  

Strange flying-saucer-shaped moons embedded in Saturn's rings have baffled scientists studying images transmitted by the ESA's Cassini Spacecraft. Research suggests that the oddly shaped moons, Pan and Atlas, are born largely from clumps of icy particles in the rings themselves, a discovery that could shed light on how Earth and other planets formerd from the disk of matter that once surrounded our newborn sun.  

Daily MailCassini to Probe Enceladus Gravity, Take PicturesJet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA's Cassini spacecraft will be flying within about 46 miles (74 kilometers) of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, May 2, aiming primarily to learn more about the moon's internal structure. The flyby is the third part of a trilogy of flybys -- the ...Saturn's moon Phoebe could have been a planetio9Image of the Day: Saturn's "Geyser Moon" Enceladus --An...  

*Somehow, they couldn’t afford a color camera aboard the spacecraft. Yes, I know there must be some “rational” excuse for this grotesque aesthetic failure. Someday they’ll explain to a wondering mankind why they sent an Xbillion-dollar probe the size of a bus to a distant planet, and yet Saturn is both pixelated and gray. *I’m [...]  

Enceladus, Saturn’s 318-mile-wide moon that’s become famous for its ice-spraying southern jets, is on astronomers’ short list of places in our own solar system where extraterrestrial life could be hiding — and NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is in just the right place to try and sniff it out. (...)Read the rest of “Snowing Microbes” On Saturn’s [...]  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is preparing to make its lowest pass yet over the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus, where icy particles and water vapor spray out in glittering jets. The closest approach, at an altitude of about 46 miles (74 kilometers), will occur around 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on March 27.  

The planet Saturn glows in subtle shades of tan, yellow, and ivory in this image from the Cassini spacecraft. The colors come from sulfur, ammonia, water, and other compounds in the atmosphere. Different chemicals form different bands of clouds, all of which completely encircle the giant planet. Saturn shines at its best in mid-April, when it lines up opposite the Sun in Earth's sky. It rises around sunset, climbs high across the sky during...  

AOL.COM - The international Cassini spacecraft mission is a match made in heaven: it pairs advanced imaging technology with Saturn, arguably our most photogenic planet. Only two of the ringed planet's 62 moons are captured in the glorious photo below ...  

Powerful jets of water and ice shoot into space from the south pole of Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, in this 2009 composite image from the Cassini spacecraft. (The image has been rotated so that south is "up.") The water squirts through narrow cracks, called tiger stripes. It may come from a large ocean of mineral-rich liquid water below the moon's surface. Cassini has made several passes by Enceladus, and will swing just 50 miles above its...  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft zoomed by two Saturn moons this week to take what scientists say are the last close-up views of the geyser-covered Enceladus and cratered Dione for several years. Cassini made the two-moon rendezvous on Wednesday ...  

A new study based on data from the Cassini spacecraft suggests that a lake on one of Saturn's moons behaves similarly to the Etosha salt pan on Earth. A group led by Thomas Cornet of the Université de Nantes, France, a Cassini associate, found characteristics of Ontario Lake on Titan are similar to Etosha Pan in Namibia, Africa because it drains and refills from below. Etosha Pan is a lake bed that fills with a shallow layer of water from...  

Since the NASA / ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2004, astronomers and space scientists have been able to study the ringed planet and its moons in great detail. Now, for the first time, a team of planetary scientists have made simultaneous measurements of Saturn’s nightside aurora, magnetic field, and associated charged particles. Together the fields and particle data provide information on the electric currents flowing...  

The latest images are in from Saturn’s very own personal paparazzi, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, fresh from its early morning flyby of the ice-spewing moon Enceladus. And, being its last closeup for the next three years, the little moon didn’t disappoint!  

This image from NASA's Cassini orbiter shows why Daphnis and Pan are known as "shepherd moons": The gravitational influence of those tiny satellites help keep Saturn's giant rings in line, creating subtle ripples and waves in the process. Five-mile-wide Daphnis, at lower left, ma …  

Saturn's moon Phoebe might be a planetesimal—a remnant of the rocky building blocks of the planets in our Solar System. A new study by Julie C. Castillo-Rogez et al. from Cassini spacecraft data indicates that Phoebe dates back to the very earliest days of the Solar System. Based on surface features and evidence that the moon is significantly more dense than the larger Saturnian satellites, the astronomers...  

The Cassini spacecraft has a busy few days coming up. The probe will scan five of the moons of Saturn, taking a look at everything from clouds to geysers. Throughout the period, Cassini will take regular looks at the largest moon, Titan. It’s enveloped by a thick, cold atmosphere, with clouds of frozen methane floating through its skies. Cassini will watch the motions of the clouds to plot the big moon’s weather. The craft will also look for...  

A NASA space probe has shown that Phoebe, one of Saturn's moons, has more planet-like qualities than previously thought, U.S. scientists say. Data from NASA's Cassini mission and a computer model of the moon's chemistry, geophysics and geology show Phoebe is a so-called planetesimal, or remnant planetary building block, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported Thursday. "Unlike primitive bodies such as comets, Phoebe...  

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Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began exploring the Saturn system in 2004. Using data from multiple spacecraft instruments and a computer model of the moon's chemistry, geophysics and geology, scientists found Phoebe was a so-called planetesimal, or remnant planetary building block.  

[SFX: Huygens entry] That’s the sound of the atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, whizzing past the Huygens probe as it parachuted toward the surface in 2005. The probe and its mothership, Cassini, found that like Earth, Titan’s atmosphere consists of a series of layers. But because Titan’s gravity is weaker than Earth’s, its atmosphere extends much farther into space. Titan is the only moon in the solar system with an...  

Six images of the mini-jets taken by Cassini between 2005 and 2008. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/QMUL Objects half a mile in diameter have been spotted punching through Saturn’s outermost ring, the F ring, and leaving glittering trails as they drag icy particles behind them. Scientists are calling these trails mini-jets. [More]  

From time to time we point to pictures released by NASA of our world outside our planet. But it's always nice when someone takes those raw, disparate images and puts them into some kind of narrative. Sander van den Berg has taken images of Saturn and Jupiter from the Cassini and Voyager missions and made this stunningly beautiful video:  

Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began exploring the Saturn system in 2004. Using data from multiple spacecraft instruments and a computer model of the moon's chemistry, geophysics and geology, scientists found Phoebe was a so-called planetesimal, or remnant planetary building block.  

Phoebe, one of Saturn’s 60+ moons, has been found to have planet-like properties, NASA scientists discovered while analyzing swarms of data collected and transmitted by the Cassini orbiter. New analysis of images of Phoebe lead scientists to theorize how the 140-mile-in-diameter rock started life. They suggest that it began its life as a planetoid in the Kuiper belt, a much larger version of the asteroid belt that sits on the outer edge of...  

Phoebe, one of Saturn’s 60+ moons, has been found to have planet-like properties, NASA scientists discovered while analyzing swarms of data collected and transmitted by the Cassini orbiter. New analysis of images of Phoebe lead scientists to theorize how the 140-mile-in-diameter rock started life. They suggest that it began its life as a planetoid in the Kuiper belt, a much larger version of the asteroid belt that sits on the outer edge of...  

Outer Space from Sander van den Berg. “The footage in this video is derived from image sequences from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions. I downloaded a large amount of raw images to create the video.” .color_viewer { border:1px solid; width:70px; background-color:#ffffff; padding-left:10px; }  

In image above, NASAs Cassini spacecraft chronicled the change of seasons as it captured clouds concentrated near the equator of Saturns largest moon, Titan, on Oct. 18, 2010. Dr. Ralph Lorenz of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, gave a talk this week at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in Texas summarizing what NASA has learned about rainfall on Titan, one of Saturn’s moons.  

The Cassini space probe will be diving into a gap between Saturn's atmosphere and its innermost ring for the final part of its mission in 2016. Linda Spilker, the mission's project scientist, outlined the details of the spacecraft's final leg recently at the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in the Woodlands, Texas. Cassini's last set of orbits may bring scientists a new perspective, and help unlock more clues about Saturn's...  

Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them.  credit:  NASA  

(Phys.org) -- Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them. These trails in the rings, which scientists are calling "mini-jets," fill in a missing link in our story of the curious behavior of the F ring. The results will be presented ...  

A spectacular new video combines NASA images of the Saturn and Jupiter systems into an eye-popping montage of moons, rings and swirling otherworldly storms. The video strings together photos snapped by NASA's Voyager and Cassini spacecraft, according to ...  

New images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through Saturn's outermost ring and leaving glittering trails behind them. read more  

This image of Saturn's moon, Enceladus was taken on the April 14, 2012 Cassini Spacecraft flyby and received on Earth April 15, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Enceladus at approximately 120,808 kilometers away.  

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - NASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly within 50 miles of the ringed planet's sixth-largest moon on Wednesday, as scientists attempt to determine if it contains liquid water.  

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed mysterious kilometer-sized objects that punch through Saturn’s chaotic and ever-changing F ring, leaving trails of ice behind them. The objects pierce the planet’s thin ring at a gentle speed of just ...  

The Bad Astronomer writes "A lot of folks are posting about the amazing new pictures of the icy moon Enceladus returned from the Cassini spacecraft. However, one of them shows the shadow of the moon across the geyser plumes. This has been seen before, but I suddenly realized how that can help determine the geysers' locations, and I thought Slashdot readers might be interested in the general ...  

It's hard enough for kids to remember all the known oceans and seas -- Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Norwegian, Barents -- and now they can add one more to the list: the Enceladan Ocean. The name is lovely, and the place is nifty, but there's not much chance of visiting it soon. It's located on Enceladus, one of Saturn's 66 known moons. While Enceladus has been familiar to us since it was first spotted in 1789, the discovery of its ocean...  

New images from the Cassini spacecraft have revealed kilometer-sized objects piercing through parts of Saturn’s F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them. These trails in the rings, which scientists are calling “mini-jets,” provide ...  

  Here’s one of the latest images from the Cassini spacecraft. This is the Saturn moon Tethys taken on April 14th. This is a “raw” image, meaning no processing was done on it by the Cassini team; this however, didn’t … Continue reading →  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted the mysterious objects creating trails in the rings that scientists are calling 'mini-jets'. Some of these objects travel in groups creating rippling swirls and eddies in the planet's strange ring.  

Tens of thousands of Cassini images later, we have come finally to understand the intricate workings of this most beguiling ring." Cassini launched in 1997 as part of the Cassini-Huygens mission, a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency and ...  

(PhysOrg.com) -- These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus, Janus and Dione were taken on March 27 and 28, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.  

Cassini Enceladus FlybySpace Ref (press release)E-19 is the third of three fly-bys (along with E-9 and E-12 designed to understand the internal structure of Enceladus, particularly the concentration of mass under the south polar region. Data collected in this area may provide insight into the plume ...and more »  

The Cassini spacecraft has captured new images of the geysers on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. The pictures were taken during Cassini's lowest pass yet...  

Popular ScienceCassini successfully flies over EnceladusPhys.OrgThe camera was pointing toward Enceladus at approximately 75067 miles (120808 kilometers) away. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus and Tethys were taken on April 14, 2012, ...Cassini Flies Right By Saturn's Moon Enceladus, Snapping New Up-Close PicsPopular Scienceall 4 news articles »  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed mysterious kilometer-sized objects that punch through Saturn's chaotic and ever-changing F ring, leaving trails of ice behind them.  

The Cassini spacecraft captures striking images from flying by three moons of Saturn, including new pictures of Enceladus's gushing geysers.  

Scientists working with images from NASA’s Cassini ... http://www.nasa.gov/cassini and http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency.  

Mysterious objects appear to be doing some damage to Saturn's "weirdest ring," scientists say. The discovery comes from detailed photos taken of the Saturn system by NASA's Cassini orbiter. In these images, researchers spotted strange objects ...  

  Is NASA holding out on us? This just has to be a UFO right flying above Saturn? Um, no. The coolness factor is just as good though, this is a shadow of the moon Mimas on Saturn. The Cassini … Continue reading →  

BBC NewsNASA's Cassini Finds Saturn's Moon Phoebe Has Planet-Like QualitiesMarketWatch (press release)WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began exploring ...Saturn's moon Phoebe may be captured planetoidRegisterAmazing Saturn video compiled from...  

WASHINGTON -- Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began exploring the Saturn system in 2004. Using data from ...  

A hair-raisingly close fly-by by Nasa's Cassini Probe aims to learn more about what lurks beneath the icy moon Enceladus's surface - and what exactly lurks in the 'geysers' of ice it spews into space.  

Heat output from the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus is far greater than was previously thought possible, according to analysis of data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Data from Cassini's composite infrared spectrometer of Enceladus' south polar terrain, which is marked by linear fissures, indicate that the internal heat-generated power is about 15.8 gigawatts...  

ISS On-Orbit Status 04/13/12 All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After breakfast, FE-4 Kononenko performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution ... Jim Muncy, PoliSpace - Aaron ...  

The new photos ... between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency, launched in 1997 and entered orbit around Saturn in 2004. In 2005, it released the Huygens probe, which landed on the surface of the largest Saturnian ...  

Mysterious objects appear to be doing some damage to Saturn's "weirdest ring," scientists say. The discovery comes from detailed photos taken of the Saturn system by NASA's Cassini orbiter. In these images, researchers spotted strange objects about a half ...  

Video Caption: This mesmerizing video unveils incredibly amazing sequences of Jupiter and Saturn from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager mission set to music by “The Cinematic Orchestra -That Home (Instrumental)”: Credit: Sander van den Berg Don’t hesitate ...  

The Atlantic have an interview with Alberto Conti, Innovation Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope and ex-Archive Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, about how data changes the way astronomy is done. If those Cassini ...  

Since I wrote my last recent article on the rings of Saturn let`s keep in sync about more science news from this mysterious planet. NASA`s Cassini Mission has revealed more evidence that Saturn may not be just a planet sitting in a far off ...  

Cassini images suggest ... project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL manages the mission for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages ...  

Saturn’s moon Phoebe has more of the qualities of a planet than previously thought, according to a new review of data collected since 2004, when the misshapen orb was first viewed by NASA’s Cassini satellite. Images taken by Cassini indicate ...  

In a series of tantalisingly close flybys to the moon, named Enceladus, Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has revealed watery jets erupting from what may be a sea full of life.  

The new photos ... between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency, launched in 1997 and entered orbit around Saturn in 2004. In 2005, it released the Huygens probe, which landed on the surface of the largest Saturnian ...  

(Newser) – Inside Saturn's outermost ring, NASA's Cassini probe has captured activity that researchers liken to a cosmic snowball fight. Hundreds of balls of snow and ice up to half a mile in diameter have been spotted punching through the F ...  

It's almost hard to believe that "Outer Space," the two-minute film from Netherlands-based editor and director Sander van den Berg, was created using actual still images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft. The final product is a ...  

New images from the Cassini spacecraft reveal rogue kilometre-sized objects punching through Saturn's F-ring as the source of 'mini-jets' seen emanating from the ring.  

Fresh snowfall on one of Saturn's moons.A space "snowball" crashes through one of Saturn's rings. NASA's Cassini orbiter continues to astonish. Three cheers for science! via National Geographic News  

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus hangs below the gas giant's rings while Titan lurks in the background, in this new image taken by the Cassini spacecraft.  

This flyby – which took the spacecraft about 46 miles (74 kilometers) above the moon's surface ... The salinity is the same as that of Earth’s oceans,” said Carolyn Porco, the Cassini Imaging science team leader, in a recent interview.  

This view was obtained at a distance of approximately 324,000 miles (521,000 kilometers) from Hyperion and at a Sun-Hyperion-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 90 degrees.  

The international Cassini spacecraft was on its way to its lowest pass yet over the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus when it captured the striking plumes.  

A new study analyzing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that the lake, known as Ontario Lacus, behaves most similarly to what we call a salt pan on Earth.  

Europa, one of Jupiter’s roughly 66 moons, was considered to be one of the likeliest spots for finding life, even if only in microbial ... While this isn’t a new theory, recent evidence uncovered by the spacecraft makes the possibility ...  

Hoping to mirror the spectacular success of the Cassini-Huygens mission to the Saturnian system, NASA releases detailed plans to land a probe on Wyoming.  

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