Saturn
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…
Big Moon, Little Moon
[/caption] This image reminds me of when I was young, my parents would line me and my siblings up for…
Bright White Storm Raging on Saturn
[/caption] About a week ago, a bright white storm emerged on Saturn's northern hemisphere, and amateur astronomer/planet astrophotographer extraordinaire Anthony…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Cassini Instruments Offline Until Nov. 24
[/caption] NASA announced that the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn will have its suite of scientific cameras offline until…
Mystery of Saturn’s Wonky B Ring: Solved
It has long been known that Saturn’s rings are not the perfect hoops they appear as in small amateur telescopes,…