Image of Saturn in Cassini spacecraft's 'final moments' isn't what it seems
The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the ...
Fact Check: Image of Saturn in Cassini spacecraft's 'final moments' isn't what it seems
The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the ...
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Do Saturn’s rings cast shadows?
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took many dramatic images of the rings’ shadows on Saturn.
NASA's famous 'day the Earth smiled' photo captured rare glimpse of our planet
Nasa recently remembered a famous image of Earth as a mere pale blue dot in the distance. The famous photograph was taken in ...
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Cassini says goodbye with its final photos from Saturn
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A planet on the edge: are Saturn’s rings older than they look?
Saturn’s rings are an arresting sight even through modest telescopes. The planet is made mostly of hydrogen and helium whereas the rings are billions of pieces of mostly bright-white water ice and ...
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Life as we don't know it: Some aliens may need sulfuric acid like we need water
So, if astrobiologists ever do find alien life with a weird chemistry that uses some liquid other than water, it's not likely ...
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7 stunning images of Moon captured by NASA
Quadruple Saturn's Moon: The quadruple Saturn moon transit was a rare event captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on February 24, 2009. The event occurred when four of Saturn's moons passed in front ...
Scientists make plans to keep spacefarers from contaminating other worlds
Interplanetary contamination risks from space missions and strategies to mitigate them, including the importance of ...