Cassini

New Images Indicate Tectonic Activity on Rhea

[/caption] Saturn's second largest moon Rhea has gotten a couple of close-up looks by the Cassini spacecraft which show dramatic…

14 years ago

Big Moon, Little Moon

[/caption] This image reminds me of when I was young, my parents would line me and my siblings up for…

14 years ago

Hot Plasma Explosions Inflate Saturn’s Magnetic Field

[/caption] From a JPL press release: A new analysis based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds a causal link…

14 years ago

String of Peaks Found on Titan Could be Cryovolcanoes

While icy cryovolcanoes on Titan have been theorized in the past, scientists didn’t have any hard evidence for them. But…

14 years ago

Did Iapetus Have Its Own Mini Moon?

[/caption] There’s a new theory for why Saturn’s moon Iapetus looks like a walnut. The moon has a mysterious large…

14 years ago

Back-in-Action Cassini Doesn’t Disappoint

[/caption] Here are a few raw images from the Cassini spacecraft's most recent flyby of Enceladus. The probe seems to…

14 years ago

Enceladus Fissures Keep Getting Warmer and More Complex

[/caption] As Cassini scientists await the data from today’s flyby of Enceladus, images and data from August of this year…

14 years ago

Cassini visits Enceladus – SpacePod 2010.11.30

NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is doing some awesome stuff. Stay tuned to NASA’s twitter feed Space Cadets, today should be interesting.…

14 years ago

Tenuous Oxygen Atmosphere Found Around Saturn’s Moon Rhea

[/caption] A few years ago, astronomers thought they found wispy rings around Saturn’s moon Rhea. Although the possibility of rings…

14 years ago

Cassini Spacecraft Back in Operation

[/caption] Great news: the Cassini spacecraft resumed normal operations today, Nov. 24. NASA says all the science instruments have been…

14 years ago