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NASA’s Cassini Probe Captures Stunning Photos of Saturn’s Moons (PHOTOS)

By chrismonty on  From blippitt.com
NASA ‘s Cassini spacecraft has sent back some truly amazing photos of three of Saturn’s many moons. The Cassini probe recently beamed home pictures of Titan, Dione, and Enceladus, three of Saturn’s six largest moons. The ringed planet has 62 known satellites, but most of them are small moonlets. One of the new photos shows Titan passing in front of Saturn’s rings. Titan is Saturn’s largest moon at 3,200 miles (5,150 kilometers) wide.  It’s almost 1.5 times the size of our own moon. Titan has...Read Full Story

Saturn's Enceladus: A Hotspot for Life

By Myhealthandherb on  From digg.com
dailygalaxy.com — 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. 2 hr 47 min ago View in Crawl 4Read Full Story

Saturn's Enceladus: A Hotspot for Life

By samacrouse on  From digg.com
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.Read Full Story

Saturn: Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Skies

By astronomyquest on  From andromedachild.com
NASA's robot spacecraft Voyager 2 made this image of Saturn as it began to explore the Saturn system in 1981. Saturn's famous rings are visible along with two of its moons, Rhea and Dione which appear as faint dots on the right and lower right part of the picture. Astronomers believe that Saturn's moons play a fundamental role in sculpting its elaborate ring system.  (Credit: NASA, Voyager 2). ANDY FLEMING takes a look through his telescope at his favourite night sky object, our solar system...Read Full Story

Saturn's moons come together in the Cassini spacecraft's field of view

By tvlinkhero on  From galacticinformer.blogspot.com
Original Caption Released with Image: A quintet of Saturn's moons come together in the Cassini spacecraft's field of view for this portrait. Janus (179 kilometers, or 111 miles across) is on the far left. Pandora (81 kilometers, or 50 miles across) orbits between the A ring and the thin F ring near the middle of the image. Brightly reflective Enceladus (504 kilometers, or 313 miles across) appears above the center of the image. Saturn's second largest moon, Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949...Read Full Story
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