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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Now Fully Assembled for 2021 Launch
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Cassini, Galileo, Astrobiology, Europa, Jupiter, Saturn, Solar System, Research, habitability, Enceladus, Europa MissionBack to Europa! NASA Confirms Next Phase of Mission to Ocean Moon
NASA’s next mission back to Jupiter’s moon Europa just took another big step towards reality. The next phase of Europa Clipper has been confirmed, giving the go-ahead for the mission to proceed to final design, construction and testing. More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, Hubble Space Telescope, Galileo, Astrobiology, Europa, Solar System, Research, habitability, Enceladus, Europa MissionNew Evidence For Water Vapor Plumes on Europa Discovered In Old Galileo Mission Data
For decades, Jupiter’s moon Europa has fascinated scientists and the public alike after it was learned that a global water ocean lies beneath the icy crust. Could there be life on this small world? Now, new results from old data, presented today in a NASA live science chat, are hinting that the subsurface environment on […] More
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in NASA, Technology, EnceladusNASA Designs Advanced New SELFI Instrument to Help Search For Life on Enceladus
Is there life on Enceladus? Are there any Enceladan bacteria or other little critters swimming in that alien ocean on this tiny moon of Saturn? We don’t know yet, but there is compelling evidence from the Cassini mission for at least a habitable environment in the dark waters below the icy crust. What’s needed now […] More
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A New Look at ‘Ocean Worlds’: James Webb Space Telescope Will Target Europa and Enceladus
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be used to study two of the most fascinating moons in our Solar System – Europa and Enceladus, also known as “ocean worlds” since both have global oceans of water beneath their outer icy surfaces. The new observations will help scientists learn more about conditions on these […] More
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Grand Final Part 4: Cassini Completes Eighth Ring Crossing, and a ‘Tour of Saturn’s Moons’
As Cassini’s “Grand Finale” journey continues, the spacecraft has completed its eighth dive past the innermost rings of Saturn (known as a ring crossing), and there are now just under 100 days left until it plunges into the giant planet’s atmosphere, never to come back. Although time may be running out, Cassini continues to devour every […] More
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Grand Finale Part 2: Cassini Completes Second Epic Dive into Saturn’s Rings
Cassini’s “dance” with Saturn’s rings continues – the probe has now completed its second dive into the rings (orbit 272), specifically the gap between the innermost rings and Saturn itself. That leaves 20 more similar dives to go, as part of the Grand Finale phase of Cassini’s mission before the fateful end on Sept. 15. […] More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Cassini, Saturn, Solar SystemCassini Sends Back Spectacular New Images From First-Ever Dive Between Saturn and its Rings
After waiting with bated breath last night, everyone following Cassini’s first-ever dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings let out a collective sigh of relief – the spacecraft made it! This was the first time a probe had ever flown this close to Saturn’s atmosphere and inner rings, and while mission scientists were confident […] More
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Cassini Enters ‘Grand Finale’ Phase of Mission and Solves a ‘Bubbling Mystery’ on Titan’s Seas
This week marks another important milestone in the Cassini mission at Saturn – as of today, the spacecraft is conducting the last Ring-Grazing Orbit of its mission as it prepares for the Grand Finale, which will culminate in the death of the probe on Sept. 15. On April 21, Cassini will do its very last […] More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, Cassini, Astrobiology, Saturn, Solar System, EnceladusNearing the End: Cassini Prepares for Spectacular ‘Grand Finale’ Orbits at Saturn
NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn has been one of the most successful and awe-inspiring ever, studying the giant ringed planet and its many moons since 2004. But now, scientists are preparing for what everyone knew would come eventually – the end of Cassini’s excursions throughout the Saturn system. Yesterday, NASA held a news conference to […] More
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in NASA, AmericaSpace, Space, Science, Cassini, Saturn, Solar SystemCassini Returns Stunning New Close-Up Images of Saturn’s ‘Ravioli’ Moon and Rings
NASA’s Cassini mission may be entering its last several months now, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any more cool science discoveries to be made. Some amazing new images were just posted of one of Saturn’s tiniest moons, Pan. This small asteroid-like object orbits Saturn within a gap in the rings and so is known as a […] More
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in News, NASA, AmericaSpace, Space, Science, ESA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Cassini, Exploration, Astrobiology, Saturn, Solar System, Research, habitability, EnceladusA Very Alien Moon: NASA Celebrates 12th Anniversary of Huygens Landing on Titan
Twelve years ago today, one of the most incredible space missions ever was accomplished: the first landing of a probe on an alien moon. And this wasn’t just any moon, but Titan, largest moon of Saturn and one of the most fascinating worlds in the Solar System. Although much colder than Earth, Titan mimics some of […] More
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in News, NASA, AmericaSpace, Space, Science, JPL, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, New Horizons, Exploration, Solar System, Research, Kuiper Belt, habitability, PlutoAncient Water World: Tectonics on Pluto’s Moon Charon Point to Frozen Subsurface Ocean
Charon is Pluto’s largest moon and, despite being so cold and remote from the Sun, has been revealed to be a fascinating and active world, just like Pluto itself. Residing in the far outskirts of the Solar System, it had been expected that Charon—and Pluto for that matter—would be little more than frozen, dead worlds. […] More
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