Titan’s seas look more and more like Earth’s — except they’re made of methane
The more we look at them, the more intriguing they are.
Tag: saturn
Saturn’s moon Titan has waves of methane crashing down on its coastline
It's one of the most Earth-like places in our solar system... except it's nothing like the Earth.
Another Saturn moon may harbor a subsurface ocean
Mimas just became a much more interesting moon.
Scientists might have finally solved the mystery of the “magic” islands on Saturn’s moon
Scientists suggest Titan's 'magic islands' are floating chunks of porous, frozen organic solids.
Jupiter now has 92 moons: the new solar system lunar king
Jupiter has one-upped Saturn for now.
Destruction of Saturn’s moon could have led to its famous rings
A collision with a former moon could explain Saturn's most iconic features.
Why does Jupiter lack a true ring structure?
The answer to Jupiter's ring problem lies in its moons.
Magnetic field readings point to the structure of Saturn’s interior
Until we can put a person on Saturn to check, we can't confirm these findings.
Saturn is tilted. The fault lies with its moons
Who doesn't get tilted every now and then, eh?
Titan’s largest methane sea is over 1000 feet deep, says a new paper
We don’t know exactly how deep because our radar couldn't pierce through all of it.
Jovian planets — the giants of solar systems
They're big
Titan’s sand dunes could be caused by cosmic rays
These findings will have unprecedented implications for the next space mission to Titan.
Saturn is now the planet with the most moons
If having most moons was a race, Saturn just took an unexpected lead.
Perturbations in Saturn’s rings reveal how long a day is on the gas giant
Can I have weekdays in Saturn-days and weekends in Earth-days?
Scientists come up with most accurate age of Saturn’s rings yet
If dinosaurs had telescopes, they might have seen a lonely Saturn, without rings.
Saturn’s rings are raining down — in about 100 million years, they’ll be gone
If you like it then you should have kept the rings on it.
Planetary rings are surprisingly chemically-rich, paper reports
The findings raise some interesting questions about these beautiful structures.
NASA reveals new, crystal-clear images of Saturn’s moon Titan
Looking sharp, Titan!
Enceladus “the only body besides Earth to satisfy all of the basic requirements for life,” Cassini reveals
This small moon has huge potential.
Saturn’s tiny moons? It’s all ravioli and collisions
A story of "crash boom bang" around Saturn, with a pasta topping.
Cassini’s stunning farewell picture of Saturn
After 11 years in space, this marvelous shot of the ringed planet was taken
Enceladus’ hidden ocean is kept warm by porous core
The findings could have important consequences for the prospect of finding alien life there.
Cassini is no more, but it left us one of the most memorable photos of Saturn
The spacecraft's legacy lives on.
Cassini’s farewell photo of Saturn’s dark side
An eerily view of Saturn.
Cassini spacecraft ends 20-year-old voyage in style, crashes into Saturn
We had a good run!
What are the moons of the solar system and how many are there
An overview of some of the most important natural satellites in our solar system. They're quite a few.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to finally reach Saturn’s rings
The Cassini spacecraft, which has already had a helluva ride, is preparing for an exciting stage: studying Saturn's rings.
NASA plans to send an autonomous submarine into space — for a very good reason
The sub will be used to explore Titan's oceans.
Cassini finds canyons flooded with liquid hydrocarbons on Titan
NASA's ever-resourceful Cassini probe found steep-sided canyons on Saturn's moon Titan.
Computer models confirm icy eruptions on Saturn’s Moon
A few years ago, the Cassini spacecraft made a surprising discovery: there are geysers erupting on Saturn's moon Enceladus, spewing ...
How planetary rings form and what they’re made of
Learn more about how they formed billions of year ago.
“Fingers” of Plasma Invade Saturn’s Magnetic Field
NASA's Cassini probe recently observed mysterious, huge amounts of plasma on the fringes of Saturn's magnetic field; surprisingly, they were ...
Beneath Enceladus’ icy crust lies a global ocean of liquid water
Saturn's moon, Enceladus, is covered in a thick icy crust, but beneath it might lie an ocean of liquid water ...
Biggest Planets Started out as Tiny Pebbles
Gas giants like Saturn or Jupiter may have formed not from a planetary core, but rather from tiny pebbles that ...
NASA’s Cassini Shuttle Takes Spectacular Photos of Saturn’s Moon Dione
The Cassini shuttle, that has been in Saturn's orbit since 2004, took some spectacular images of the rather elusive moon, ...
Astronomers find huge lava lake on Jupiter’s moon Io
Scientists analyzing data from the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory in Arizona spotted a huge lava lake on Io, one of Jupiter's ...
NASA wants to explore Titan’s methane oceans with a robot submarine
At this years' Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium, NASA's Glenn COMPASS Team discussed at large the possibility of exploring Titan, ...
Saturn’s Moon Titan has Strong Winds and Hydrocarbon Dunes
New experimental research found that Saturn's largest Moon, Titan, has much stronger winds than previously believed. These rogue winds actually ...
New ‘Mystery Islands’ found on Titan’s Methane Sea
The enduring Cassini spacecraft returns with new insight into the hydrocarbon seas from Saturn's moon Titan. The latest findings were ...
Cassini captures stunning picture of Titan’s seas
Saturn's Moon Titan is a remarkable place; it's the only place aside for the Earth which has liquids on its ...
Never before seen “magic island” pops up on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Titan's Ligeia Mare. Image via NASA. Astronomers have discovered a previously unspotted geological feature on Saturn's moon, Titan. Pictures taken ...
Ocean discovered on Enceladus may be best place to look for alien life
Earth is not the only place in the solar system to hold watery oceans: Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons also ...
Water churned up from Saturn’s depths by massive storm
If you were to look at them from the safety and serenity of your home, the gas giants of our ...
Breathtaking photo captured by Cassini shows Earth as seen from Saturn
(c) NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE That faint blue dot at the center of this beautiful composition is none other than our ...
It’s raining on Saturn! Water falling from its rings, observations find
This artist's concept illustrates how charged water particles flow into the Saturnian atmosphere from the planet's rings, causing a reduction ...
Cassini Spies Bright Venus From Saturn Orbit
This is a true-color picture of Saturn and Venus. The bright arc is the limb of Saturn. A portion of ...
Cassini sheds light on cosmic particle accelerators
During a chance encounter with an unusually strong blast of solar wind at Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected particles being ...
Iapetus – the black-and-white walnut Moon
Iapetus is the third largest moon of Saturn, with a radius of about 42% that of our moon, and a ...
Pacman spotted in Saturn system for the second time
Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted two features shaped like the 1980s video game icon "Pac-Man" on moons of ...
