These three mosaics of Titan were composed with data from Cassini’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer taken during the last three Titan flybys, on October…
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Infrared image of Saturn showing an aurora at its southern pole, captured by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL/ASI/University of Arizona/University of Leicester Saturn’s high-altitude winds…
On October 13, 2021, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter slewed to allow LRO Camera (LROC) to acquire this magnificent view revealing Saturn and its rings. Credit:…
This composite image shows an infrared view of Saturn’s moon Titan from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA Titan, SaturnSaturn is the sixth planet from the…
An illustration of Saturn and its “fuzzy” core. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) Saturn Makes Waves in its Own Rings In the same way that earthquakes…
Artist’s rendering showing a cutaway view into the interior of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. A plume of ice particles, water vapor, and organic molecules sprays from…
What’s Up for March? Mars and friends in the evening, and a brilliant pair of planets returns… In the first week or so of March,…
Artist’s impression of the migration of Titan and the tilt of Saturn. Credit: © Coline SAILLENFEST / IMCCE Two scientists from CNRS and Sorbonne University…
An artistic rendering of Kraken Mare, the large liquid methane sea on Saturn’s moon Titan. Credit: NASA/John Glenn Research Center Far below the gaseous atmospheric…
Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in…
Just after sunset on the evening of December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth’s night sky than they have been…
This mosaic of Saturn’s moon Mimas showing its cratered surface was created from images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute A new…
New work led by Carnegie’s Matt Clement reveals the likely original locations of Saturn and Jupiter. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Where were Jupiter and Saturn…
Catherine Neish is counting the days until her space launch. While the Western planetary geologist isn’t space-suiting up for her own interstellar voyage, she is…
The smaller storms on Saturn interact with the larger system and as a result effectively pinch the eastern jet and confine it to the top…
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/LPG/CNRS/University of Nantes/Space Science Institute A global infrared mosaic of Saturn’s moon Enceladus created using a complete dataset from the Cassini spacecraft…
In these detailed infrared images of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, reddish areas indicate fresh ice that has been deposited on the surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of…
High-resolution images of Saturn’s Hexagon obtained by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: UPV/EHU High-resolution images obtained by the Cassini spacecraft were used for this purpose by…
This false-color composite image shows auroras (depicted in green) above the cloud tops of Saturn’s south pole. The 65 observations used here were captured by…
Optical image of Titan taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Planetary scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) revealed the secrets…