Saturn

A view of Saturn that would have been impossible from Earth

Published October 22, 2013 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION / NASA/JPL/SSI; Composition: Gordan Ugarkovic] This image of Saturn could not have been taken from Earth.

No Earth based picture could possibly view the night side of Saturn and the corresponding shadow cast across… Continue reading →

When home is far away

Published July 23, 2013 | By Cosmic Tribune

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION] / Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA & NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab/Carnegie Inst. Washington

In a cross-Solar System interplanetary first, our Earth was photographed during the same day from both Mercury and Saturn.… Continue reading →

8 years after entering Saturn’s orbit, Cassini captures season changes

Published August 31, 2012 | By Cosmic Tribune

PASADENA, Calif. — Posing for portraits for NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, Saturn and its largest moon, Titan, show spectacular colors in a quartet of images being released today. One image captures the changing hues of Saturn’s northern and southern hemispheres as… Continue reading →

A remarkable view of Saturn, courtesy of Cassini

Published July 3, 2012 | By Cosmic Tribune

Humanity’s robot orbiting Saturn has recorded yet another amazing view.

That robot, of course, is the spacecraft Cassini, while the new amazing view includes a bright moon, thin rings, oddly broken clouds, and warped shadows.

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, appears… Continue reading →

Cassini offers glimpse of Saturn’s Dione, rings and 2 small moons

Published May 23, 2012 | By Cosmic Tribune

When making its closest pass yet of Saturn’s moon Dione late last year, the robotic Cassini spacecraft snapped this far-ranging picture featuring Dione, Saturn’s rings, and the two small moons Epimetheus and Prometheus.

To zoom, click on COMPLETE TEXT… Continue reading →

Saturn moon has ice volcano — and maybe life?

Published December 18, 2010 | By Cosmic Tribune

Topographic computer model of Sotra Facula, an apparent ice volcano on Saturn’s moon Titan.

Not unlike the volcanoes of Hawaii, the supposed ice volcano, known as Sotra Facula, rises 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) above the surrounding plain in a large,… Continue reading →

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