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• Lake Asymmetry on Titan Explained

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 660
  If youve wanted to take a swim in a lake on Titan , dont: theyre not lakes like we have here on Earth , composed of methane and ethane instead of water. If you have somehow evolved lungs to breathe and swim in these chemicals, you should take your beach vacation in the northern hemisphere of Titan, where youll find ...
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• breathtaking saturn

  
  toomanytribbles — Authority: 137
  click to source on ciclops ! cassini continues its extended tour of saturn with rev122, the spacecrafts 123rd orbit around the ringed planet. cassini begins rev122 on november 30 at its farthest distance from saturn, called apoapse. at this point, cassini is 2.5 million kilometers (1.55 million miles) from saturns ...
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• Titans Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  Saturns orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new data from NASAs Cassini spacecraft. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes. ... Cassini has mapped about 20 percent of ...
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• Saturn’s eccentric orbit may explain puzzling lake asymmetry on Titan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, November 30 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have suggested that the unusually uneven distribution of methane and ethane lakes over the northern and southern polar regions of the Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may be caused by the eccentricity of the planet’s orbit around the sun.As revealed by ...
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• Northern Lights Of Saturn Expected To Boost Scientific Research

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Meena KarNov. 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) These days, people are searching for the videos and images of the ‘Northern Lights’, after Cassini has captured the tallest ‘northern lights’ known to human beings. According the reports of the sources, the ‘northern lights’ that have been captured by Cassini is ...
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• Through the Plumes!

  
  wanderingspace — Authority: 113
  Gordan of course.
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• Cassini captures ghostly dance of Saturns northern lights

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 155
  In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet.
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• Prometheus Plays Tug of War with One of Saturn’s Rings

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 598
  (NASA) – The diminutive moon Prometheus whips gossamer ice particles out of Saturn’s F ring in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 21, 2009. The moon and the ring have eccentric, offset orbits, so Prometheus dips in and out of the F ring as it travels around Saturn. Its gravitational force drags ...
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• Awesome pictures from the Enceladus flyby

  
  Open Parachute — Authority: 510
  It’s amazing how much we are finding out about other bodies in the solar system these days. And the images we get back from some of our robotic spaceships can be incredible. Here’s one taken by Cassini during a deep swoop past Enceladus , a moon of Saturn. This is an intriguing moon because it is thought to ...
  6 days ago

• Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance Of Saturn’s Northern Lights

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 598
  In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known “northern lights” in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet.The new video reveals changes in Saturn’s aurora every few minutes, in high resolution, with ...
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• Video: Saturn’s Spectacular Aurora in Action

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 762
  How can you not love Cassini? The latest treat NASA’s spacecraft has provided us is the first ever movie of Saturn’s incredible aruroras. The high-resolution video was assembled from 472 still images, spaced over 81 hours in October, that show the phenomenon in three dimensions. The lights can be seen as a ...
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• Enceladus Fly-by

  
  Tom's Astronomy Blog — Authority: 131
  Vapor jets from Enceladus. Click for a bit larger version. Image(s) credit: Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Here’s a new image from the November 21st Enceladus flyby by the Cassini spacecraft. The unprocessed image shows the southern polar region and the jets of water vapor and other particles ...
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• Cassini Flyby Shows Enceladus Venting

  
  2012. The big wobble — Authority: 146
  Click on image to enlarge Cassini Flyby Shows Enceladus Venting Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI; Mosaic: Emily Lakdawalla Explanation: Whats happening on the surface of Saturns moon Enceladus? Enormous ice jets are erupting. Giant plumes of ice have been photographed in dramatic fashion by the robotic Cassini spacecraft ...
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• Plume diving on Enceladus

  
  Kentucky Space — Authority: 421
  A spectacular raw image from the November 21 Cassini flyby of Enceladus clearly shows the venting happening from the Saturn moon. Wayne Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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• Preview Enceladus Latest Photographs

  
  Astrocast.TV — Authority: 134
  The Cassini spacecraft is still out in the vicinity of Saturn, and on 21 November 2009 it flew by Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) located in Boulder, Colorado has released a number of the un-processed images from its Enceladus encounter. Check out these images ...
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• New Take on Titan Hints at More Fuel for Potential Life

  
  80beats — Authority: 631
  With its thick atmosphere, chemical makeup, and an atmospheric pressure not too far from Earth’s, Titan is one of the most likely candidates for finding life elsewhere in our solar system. But at a temperature close to -300 degrees Fahrenheit, the surface of this Saturnian moon in anything but what we humans ...
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• One of the Coolest Enceladus Images Yet!

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 483
  This is a volcanic plume captured by Cassini’s November 21 flyby of Enceladus. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• First Images of Jets of Water Vapor on Enceladus by Cassini

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 598
  NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has sailed seamlessly through the Nov. 21 flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus and started transmitting uncalibrated temperature data and images of the rippling terrain.These data and images will be processed and analyzed in the coming weeks. They will help scientists create the ...
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• Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes could be brimming with hearty soup for life

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, November 23 (ANI): New calculations have suggested that Saturn’s moon Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes are loaded with acetylene, a chemical some scientists say could serve as food for cold-resistant organisms.At about -180 degree Celsius, Titan’s surface is far too cold for liquid water. But, two pairs of ...
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• Enceladus update

  
  Bad Astronomy — Authority: 689
  Just a quick note: Emily, at The Planetary Society Blog , just posted a way cool mosaic made up of four pictures from Cassini showing the Enceladus icescape. I love the perspective on it, and how you can tell you’re looking down on the tiny moon from an oblique angle. It’s quite lovely. Go look! And in case you ...
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