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