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Place Like Home: Cassini
The enormous challenge of building a probe capable of travelling over 1 billion kilometres to reach Saturn's moon, Titan. Physics - Universe - Learning Points. Huygens probe was designed by the European Space Agency at a cost of £400...
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Place Like Home: Inside a Probe
Learn how scientists overcame huge challenges to land a probe on Saturn's moon, and why Titan is of special interest to life on Earth. Physics - Universe - Learning Points. The Cassini-Huygens probe took seven years to travel over 1...
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Place Like Home: Life On a Moon
The discovery of Titan's atmosphere excited scientists, who believe it could hold the key to life on Earth. Physics - UniverseLearning Points. Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with a dense atmosphere. Titan's atmosphere is 98%...
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Exploring Saturn
Joining the Cassini mission to explore Saturn. Our universe - Space adventure - Gas giants Learning Points The Cassini-Huygens mission was sent to explore the gas giant Saturn. A Twig Junior Film - Core science concepts explained in an...
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Exploring Saturn: The Cassini Mission
Cassini is an advanced planetary probe that embarked on a seven-year journey to explore Saturn and its moons. Named after Giovanni Domenico Cassini, the astronomer who made significant discoveries about Saturn, the probe successfully...
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Exploring Saturn and Titan: The Cassini Mission
Embark on an extraordinary journey to Saturn with the Cassini spacecraft as it prepares to explore Titan, the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere. Witness the intricate maneuvers and data collection as Cassini enters orbit...
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Surprising Discoveries on Enceladus: Cassini Probe Unveils Mysteries
The Cassini probe's recent close pass of Enceladus has revealed surprising new discoveries that have left scientists puzzled. Enceladus, a small moon of Saturn, appears to have a water vapor atmosphere emanating from its warm South Pole,...
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Something Strange Is Happening on Saturn... | Saturn’s Hexagon Storm Song!
There's something strange going on at Saturn's North Pole...
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What did NASA's Cassini hear around Saturn?
The sounds of Saturn, or rather the radio and plasma waves that Cassini picked up in Saturn's orbit.
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What were the final images NASA's Cassini ever took?
In 2017, Cassini ended its mission by disintegrating in Saturn's atmosphere. What were the final images it ever took?
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Our Solar System's Moons: Enceladus
Almost everything you could want to know about Saturn's sixth largest moon, Enceladus.
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Gravity Assist: Why Icy Moons are So Juicy, with Athena Coustenis
A great era of exploration of the icy moons is about to begin. Athena Coustenis of the Paris Observatory talks about missions to the icy moons of the outer solar system and international collaborations with NASA and ESA.
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The Great Red Spot: A Storm on Jupiter
The Great Red Spot is a massive storm on Jupiter that is believed to have been going on for over 300 years! Learn what scientists know about the storm and what about it is still a mystery.
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Saturn rings are relatively young compared to planet
Scientists have used new measurements to calculate the mass of Saturn's rings to estimate their age, which is 10 to 100 million years old, according to the Berkeley News.
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NASA | Propylene on Titan
With a thick atmosphere, clouds, a rain cycle and giant lakes, Saturn's large moon Titan is a surprisingly Earthlike place. But unlike on Earth, Titan's surface is far too cold for liquid water - instead, Titan's clouds, rain, and lakes...
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Cassini's Infrared Saturn | Director's Cut
The Cassini-Huygens mission arrived at Saturn in 2004, beginning an epic thirteen-year tour of the ringed planet and its many moons. Cassini and its companion probe, Huygens, were an international collaboration between NASA and the...
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Cassini's Infrared Saturn
The Cassini-Huygens mission arrived at Saturn in 2004, beginning an epic thirteen-year tour of the ringed planet and its many moons. Cassini and its companion probe, Huygens, were an international collaboration between NASA and the...
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NASA | Jupiter's Hot Spots
Jupiter's bright Equatorial Zone swirls with dark patches, dubbed "hot spots" for their infrared glow. These holes in the ammonia clouds at the top of the atmosphere allow a glimpse into Jupiter's darker, hotter layers below. In 1995...
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NASA | Taking on Titan: An Interview with Carrie Anderson
When she was a little girl, Carrie Anderson dreamed of becoming an astronomer. Now, as a space scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Carrie studies the atmosphere on Titan, one of Saturn's moons and the second largest moon in...
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NASA | Saturn's Record-Setting Storm
Saturn's 2010 Great White Spot storm has set a new record for largest temperature change ever recorded for a storm on Saturn. By studying the monstrous disturbance using NASA's Cassini spacecraft, researchers spotted a massive belch of...
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Physics of ‘tiger stripes’ on Saturn Moon Enceladus explained
Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the ‘tiger stripes’ on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, according to a study published in Nature Astronomy.
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Goddard Team Reflects on 20 Years of Cassini
The people behind Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) reflect on their years-long experience working with their team - relationships formed, children born, challenges conquered, and their feelings as the Cassini mission...
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Ocean Worlds: The Search for Life
Life as we know it requires three ingredients: energy, organic molecules, and liquid water. Astrobiology, our search for life beyond Earth, is a search for planets, dwarf planets, and moons that harbor substantial liquid water. We call...