The Planet Saturn
Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun. It is a "gas giant" and is the 2nd largest planet in the solar system. Saturn has a prominent system of rings, consisting mostly of ice particles and rocks.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft buzzed Titan last month, coming close enough to taste the Saturnian moon's atmosphere. The data acquired has implications for our understanding of life throughout the galaxy, as well as Earth's own past.
The second largest moon in the solar system, Titan has long been of
interest for hopeful exobioligists. As the only other body we know of
with surface bodies of liquid, complete with nitrogen, methane and
complete seasonal weather weather patterns (similar to...
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Photo: Charles Pfeil Every two years the aspect of transiting Mars opposition Saturn occurs, a time of potential frustration -- Mars desires to accelerate, and Saturn wants to brake. It's a good time to lay low, avoid arguments, and chill. Saturn is at 18 degrees Leo and Mars is at 18 degrees Aquarius. Guess where my natal Venus is? 18 degrees Leo! Hmmmmm...... "Fortune does not change men. It unmasks them." Suzanne Necker
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Cassini Significant Events 07/09/08 - 07/15/08BBSNews 208-07-19 -- (NASA) The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on July 15 from the DSN tracking complex at Goldstone, California. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally...
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The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on July 15 from the DSN tracking complex at Goldstone, California. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally
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The NASA spacecraft Cassini, while on its travels around the planet Saturn, has found striking evidence that the tiny Saturnian moon of Enceladus may have a vast ocean underneath its...
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In the 1970s, Voyager 1 provided the first close-up views of Saturn’s rings, and determined that the rings formed about 100 million years ago. But evidence from the more recent Cassini mission suggests the rings are much older.
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Cassini sees Saturn
The latest Cassini image really does make Saturn look majestic; there are two moons transiting too: Janus and Pandora.
Janus shows up as a small dot, being only 111 miles in diameter; it is just above the rings and about centered.
Pandora on the other hand, at a whopping 50...
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After delivering spectacular images of Saturn's rings in recent years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft turned its focus Monday to Saturn's moons and how sunlight affects the surfaces of the gas giant and its natural satellites.
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Piece by piece, Bob Healy unloaded the plethora of triathlon equipment from the trunk of his Saturn SUV, the back window of which has a translucent image of the planet Saturn on it.
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Saturn's rings and moons turned out wilder than any scientist could have imagined, but unknowns remain as the Cassini spacecraft concludes its primary mission and embarks on a new one.
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Washington, June 28 : NASA's Cassini spacecraft is all set to embark on an extended two-year mission that will bring it closer to two of its most intriguing targets - Titan and Enceladus.
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The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has exceeded the wildest dreams of its creators at the Discovery Institute, sending back spectacular photographs like this one—a natural color image of Saturn taken from a distance of about 900,000 miles.
(Oops. Did I say “Discovery Institute?” I meant “NASA...
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