moons
Pluto May Soon Have a Moon Named Vulcan (Thanks to William Shatner)
The votes have been tallied and the results are in from the SETI Institute's Pluto Rocks Poll: "Vulcan" and "Cerberus"…
Help Name Pluto’s Newest Moons!
Today marks seven months since the announcement of Pluto’s fifth moon and over a year and a half since the discovery of…
The Rings on the Planet Go ‘Round and ‘Round…
Raw wide-angle Cassini image of Saturn's rings (NASA/JPL/SSI) Recently I posted an image of two of Saturn's shepherd moons, Pandora…
Shepherd Moon Face-Off!
Raw Cassini image acquired on Dec. 18, 2012 (NASA/JPL/SSI) Two of Saturn's shepherd moons face off across the icy strand…
Titan’s Gravity Indicates a Thicker, Uneven Icy Crust
Color composite of Titan and Dione made from Cassini images acquired in May 2011. (NASA/JPL/SSI/J. Major) It's long been speculated…
The Return of the Rings!
Now that Cassini has gone off on a new trajectory taking it above and below the equatorial plane of Saturn,…
Cassini Captures a Rarely-Seen Moon
[/caption] While many of us here on Earth were waiting for the Moon to take a bite out of the…
A New Angle on Titan
Here's a great shot of Titan and Saturn acquired by Cassini on May 6, 2012 just after a pass by…
ESA Turns On The JUICE For New Jupiter Mission
[/caption] The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for an exciting mission to explore the icy moons of Jupiter,…
Cassini Slips Through Enceladus’ Spray
[/caption] Spray it again, Enceladus! This Saturday the Cassini spacecraft paid another visit to Enceladus, Saturn's 318-mile-wide moon that’s become famous…