Cassini Spacecraft Changes Orbit for New View of Saturn’s Rings
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has recently resumed the kind of orbits that allow for spectacular views of Saturn’s rings. This view, from Cassini’s imaging camera, shows the outer A ring and the F ring....
View ArticleIncredible Video of Saturn Flyby from Cassini
This awesome movie is from the Cassini Spacecraft. It contains NO CGI or animations of any kind and uses only images capture from Cassini. Inspiring to watch.
View ArticleCassini 15 years of mission success
The Cassini Spacecraft was launched to Saturn in 2004. Since then it has inspired the world with increadable imagages and science data from the ringed planet and it’s moons. Since it launched on Oct....
View ArticleHot Spot on Saturn is largest ever seen
Earlier this yer a large hot spot appeared on Saturn. This spot was unusually large and hot. It was captured in the video below by Cassini. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft detected the regional temperature...
View ArticleCassini Mission finds Pac-Man in Space
These thermal images captured by the Cassini mission have spotted features shaped like the 1980s Pac-Man video game icon in the Saturn system, this time on the moon Tethys — the first was found on...
View ArticleCassini Snaps Image of Hurricane like Storm on Saturn
Looking a lot like the recent Hurricane Sandy here on Earth, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this image of a large vortex. The Spacecraft has been traveling the Saturnian system in a set of...
View ArticleA Christmas Present From Saturn. Stunning Image taken by Cassini
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. The cameras were turned toward Saturn and the sun so that the planet and rings are...
View ArticleLakes on Titan Images Compared After Years Pass
Titan’s Lake District, One Season Later These images obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show Titan’s stable northern lake district. Cassini’s radar instrument obtained the recent images on May 22,...
View ArticleSaturn’s North Pole forms Hexagon shape
Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon Saturn’s north polar hexagon basks in the Sun’s light now that spring has come to the northern hemisphere. Many smaller storms dot the north polar region and Saturn’s...
View ArticleMeteors Seen Colliding With Saturn’s Rings
These observations make Saturn’s rings the only location besides Earth, the moon, and Jupiter where scientists and amateur astronomers have been able to observe impacts as they occur. Studying the...
View ArticleGreat viewing of Saturn tonight
With even the most basic telescope, or even good binoculars you will get a great view of Saturn as the Sun, Earth and Saturn all line up and Saturn is in oposition.A magnification of 25x is all you...
View ArticleCassini Shows Saturn Hurricanes at North Pole Close Up – Video
(Source NASA)-The spinning vortex of Saturn’s north polar storm resembles a deep red rose of giant proportions surrounded by green foliage in this false-color image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft....
View ArticleSMILE, Cassini to take picture of Earth from Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft which recently celebrated 15 years of success will take a picture of Earth on July 19, 2013. The Earth will appear as a small, pale blue dot between...
View ArticleNew Images of Earth from Cassini at Saturn
We reported on June 18th that NASA had planned to take images of Earth from Cassini as it orbits Saturn, well here are the pictures. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took the...
View ArticleCool LOW Flyby Video of Saturn Moon Lapetus
Flying Down Lapetus Spine Animated GIF made from 14 frames shot by the Cassini spacecraft as it passed over Saturn’s moon Lapetus. Jason H. of Setisociety.org had to significantly modify/crop...
View ArticleSoar over the lakes on Saturn’s Moon Titan – Video
This colorized movie from NASA’s Cassini mission takes viewers over the largest seas and lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan. The movie is made from radar data received during multiple flyovers...
View ArticleCassini Snaps Image of a Crescent Saturn
Saturn, which appears as only a thin, lit crescent, broken only by the shadows of its rings, poses gracefully for the Cassini spacecraft cameras. This view looks toward the unilluminated...
View ArticleCassini Images May Show Birth of New Saturn Moon
(NASA) – Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon, and may also provide clues to...
View ArticleSaltwater Ocean found inside Saturn’s Moon Titan
(NASA) – Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Cassini mission have firm evidence the ocean inside Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, might be as salty as the Earth’s Dead Sea. The...
View ArticleCassini Spacecraft Reveals 101 Geysers and more on Icy Saturn Moon
(NASA) – Scientists using mission data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have identified 101 distinct geysers erupting on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. Their analysis suggests it is possible for liquid...
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