Saturn

Giant Crater Discovered on Titan

NASA's Cassini spacecraft spotted a large impact crater on Titan during its flyby on Tuesday. The crater is 440 km…

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Titan’s Fourth Flyby

NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its fourth flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, on Tuesday. At its closest approach, the spacecraft…

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Death Star Mimas’ Herschel Crater

This photograph of Mimas, one of Saturn's moons, shows a head-on view of its largest crater Herschel - making it…

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Huygens Wind Data Released

Radio telescopes around the world listened for signals from Huygens to measure wind speeds on Titan as the probe descended…

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Northern Saturn is a Little Blue

NASA has released new colour images of Saturn's northern hemispheres taken by Cassini - and the Ringed Planet is looking…

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Saturn Has an Unusual Hot Spot

The ringed planet Saturn has some of the most turbulent weather in the Solar System, including a powerful polar vortex…

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Natural Colour Image of Rhea

NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this natural colour image of Saturn's moon Rhea. It seems to display bright, wispy terrain, which…

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Titan is a World Both Familiar and Alien

When Huygens descended through Titans clouds, snapping hundreds of pictures, it revealed a world with many similar physical features to…

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Huygens Landed in Mud

Scientists at the European Space Agency now believe that Huygens landed with a splat when it reached the surface of…

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Welcome to Titan

What an incredible day yesterday: the first pictures from the surface of Titan! Now, if you're feeling a little short…

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