Cassini
Surfing On Titan Would Be Best In Summer
Space is mostly vast and empty. So whenever we notice something like ripples on a lake of methane, on the…
Weekly Space Hangout – Feb. 5, 2016: Dr. Or Graur
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Or Graur, Research Associate at the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics at…
Saturn’s Rings Continue to Surprise Scientists
If you try to apply simple common sense to how Saturn's rings really work you're going to be sorely mistaken:…
Enceladus, the Jet-Powered Water World
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of seeing pictures of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, with those captivating water jets and plumes…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 30, 2015: Yoav Landsman and the Enceladus Flyby
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Yoav Landsman,WSH Crew Member; Principal System Engineer at SpaceIL; member of first GLXP to…
Images from Enceladus ‘Plume Dive’ Courtesy of Cassini
Oh, to hitch a ride aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft this week. The Saturn orbiting sentinel recently completed an amazing series…
Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon
Io is one of the four large Galilean moons of Jupiter, visible with binoculars or a small telescope. Let's learn…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 16, 2015: Dr. Carolyn Porco and Cassini Update; Sexual Harassment in Astronomy and Academia
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Carolyn Porco is the leader of the Cassini Imaging Science team and the…
Cassini’s Close Flyby of Enceladus Yields Surprising, Perplexing Imagery
If you thought Saturn's moon Enceladus couldn't get any more bizzare -- with its magnificent plumes, crazy tiger-stripe-like fissures and…
Is There a Kraken in Kraken Mare? What Kind of Life Would We Find on Titan?
Could there be life on Saturn’s large moon Titan? Asking the question forces astrobiologists and chemists to think carefully and…