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1. Cassini Shows Saturnian Roller Derby

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   ... findings of NASA's Cassini spacecraft since its arrival at Saturn in 2004 - they are combined in two review papers to be published in the March 19 issue of the journal Science. ... Thursday, 18 March 2010

2. Cassini the Artist: Shadows, Ringshine, Double Crescent Moons

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   Cassini art. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute I often ponder whether the Cassini spacecraft is a better scientist or artist. I found three recent images from Cassini that definitely give the ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

3. Cassini Cruises By Rhea And Helene

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   Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2010 - Cassini's closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea went quite smoothly and teams are busy checking out their data! These flybys never fail to amaze me. And the raw images ... Sunday, 14 March 2010

4. Bursting at the Seams

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   ... icy particles, water vapor and organic compounds. This mosaic was created from two high-resolution images that were captured by the narrow-angle camera when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew past Enceladus ... Thursday, 11 March 2010

5. Is That Titan Or Utah

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   ... working with a "volunteer researcher" who has put his own spin on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, they have found some recognizable analogies to a type of spectacular terrain on Earth known as karst ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

6. More Jaw-Droppers from Cassini

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   The small moon Janus is almost hidden between the planet's rings and the larger moon Rhea.Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute The Cassini mission keeps churning out the hits, and here's a ... Friday, 26 February 2010

7. Zooming In On Heat At Baghdad Sulcus

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   ... Cassini spacecraft during its Nov. 21, 2009, flyby of that moon. The fissure, named Baghdad Sulcus, is one of four so-called "tiger stripe" features that emit jets of water vapor and ice particles. ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

8. Cassini Finds "Heat" and More Geysers on Enceladus

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   Newly released images from last November's close flyby over Saturn's icy moon Enceladus the Cassini spacecraft reveal geyser jets spraying all along the prominent fractures, or "tiger ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

9. Behold The Violent History Of Saturn's White Whale Moon

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   Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2010 - Like the battered white whale Moby Dick taunting Captain Ahab, Saturn's moon Prometheus surges toward the viewer in a 3-D image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ... Monday, 22 February 2010

10. A Drop In The Bucket

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    ... of water on the Moon. Earlier this month, the Cassini spacecraft obtained data about one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, that may confirm the presence of sub-surface liquid water. ... Thursday, 18 February 2010

11. Cassini Shoots New Close-Ups Of Death Star-Like Moon

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    Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 18, 2010 - Blazing through its closest pass of the Saturnian moon Mimas on Feb. 13, Cassini sent back striking close-ups of the moon likened to the Death Star from "Star Wars" and ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

12. Cassini Set To Do Retinal Scan Of Saturnian Eyeball

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    Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2010 - On Feb. 13, 2010, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its closest examination yet of Mimas, an eyeball-shaped moon of Saturn that has also been likened to the Death Star ... Tuesday, 16 February 2010

13. Cassini Survives Close Encounter of the Death Star Kind!

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    Cassini's Mimas, from 70,000 km (unprocessed image; credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute) On February 13, 2010, Cassini flew by Saturn's moon Mimas, coming as close as 9,500 km. It passed ... Monday, 15 February 2010

14. On New Year's Eve, Cassini Will Stare at the Death Star's Superlaser

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    OK, it's actually the Herschel crater on Mimas, a smallish moon of Saturn (and it's the eve of Chinese New Year, February 13th, 2010), but it's a cool headline, don't you think? Cassini ... Friday, 12 February 2010

15. Saturn's Rings Have Gone Plaid

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    Saturn's plaid rings. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Are Saturn's rings spinning at ludicrous speeds? It appears they have gone plaid! The Cassini spacecraft has actually spied two types ... Tuesday, 09 February 2010

16. Saturn’s Rings Have Gone Plaid

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    Saturn's plaid rings. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Are Saturn’s rings spinning at ludicrous speeds? It appears they have gone plaid! The Cassini spacecraft has actually spied two ... Tuesday, 09 February 2010

17. NASA Extends Cassini's Tour Of Saturn

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    Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2010 - NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its moons to 2017. The agency's fiscal year 2011 budget provides a $60 million per year ... Wednesday, 03 February 2010

18. More Stunning Images and Discoveries Ahead: Cassini Mission Extended to 2017

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    Saturn from Cassini. Image credit: NASA/JPL/SSI With the new 2011 NASA budget allowing for more space science activities, the space agency has extended the Cassini mission to explore Saturn and its moons ... Wednesday, 03 February 2010

19. Prometheus: Over Easy

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    Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 01, 2010 - Looking for all intents and purposes like a celestial egg after a session in Saturn's skillet, Prometheus displayed its pockmarked, irregular surface for NASA's Cassini ... Monday, 01 February 2010

20. Scientists Find Water Ice Creates the Spokes in Saturn's B Ring

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    ... from Cassini's Visual Infrared Mapping spectrometer (VIMS) suggests the radial spokes that sometimes form across the ring are entirely composed of water ice. The existence of the spokes were unexpected ... Friday, 29 January 2010