By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on December 17th, 2014 A high-resolution color global map of Saturn’s moon Mimas, based on imaging data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. A set of new global maps of Saturn’s largest icy moons reveal the latters’ landscapes in unprecedented detail. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/LPI
The first 50 years of planetary exploration have seen the successful completion of humanity’s epic, […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on June 25th, 2014 A view of the night side of Titan taken by the Cassini spacecraft, which captures the blue halo caused by a haze layer that hovers high in the moon’s atmosphere. The spacecraft conducted several flybys of the moon in recent months, during which it beamed a series of radio waves through its atmosphere, […]
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By Emily Carney, on April 17th, 2014 From NASA/JPL: “The disturbance visible at the outer edge of Saturn’s A ring in this image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft could be caused by an object replaying the birth process of icy moons.” Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
The Cassini spacecraft, a flagship-class mission that is a cooperative project between NASA, the European […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on March 21st, 2014 An image of Kivu Lacus, a small lake on Titan’s northern hemisphere, taken in infrared wavelengths in July 2012 with Cassini’s VIMS instrument from a distance of approximately 30,000 km. The bright spot indicates a specular reflection of sunlight from the surface of Kivu Lacus, which could result from the formation of waves. […]
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By David Darling, on January 11th, 2013 The trailing hemisphere of Jupiter’s moon Europa as imaged by Galileo. Photo Credit: NASA
Beyond the main asteroid belt lie the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn and their impressive retinues of moons. What chances for life are out here in the frozen wastes of the solar system? At first glance, you’d imagine none. […]
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By Emma Sylvester Brown, on November 30th, 2012 This artist’s impression of Saturn’s moon, Titan, shows the change in observed atmospheric effects before, during, and after equinox in 2009. The Titan globes also provide an impression of the detached haze layer that extends all around the moon (blue). This image was inspired by data from NASA’s Cassini mission. Image Credit: ESA
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