Category Archives: Saturn

ESA’s Cassini-Huygens Mission Probes the Saturn System

Posted on April 3, 2010 by admin

The Cassini-Huygens Saturn mission, a joint effort by NASA, the European Space Agency and Italy’s Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, is one of the most successful and long-lasting space projects ever launched. The probe is the largest interplanetary spacecraft ever built, and … Continue reading →

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NASA’s New Horizons Probe Is Approaching the Outer Solar System

Posted on December 20, 2009 by admin

NASA’s New Horizons probe is en route for the outer solar system.  After scoring a spectacular flyby of Jupiter and its moons in 2007, the craft is now heading for Pluto  and beyond.  It will be the first probe to … Continue reading →

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Huge Aurora Identified above Saturn

Posted on December 2, 2009 by admin

Many people have been astounded by the beauty of the aurora borealis and aurora australis light displays which occur over the North and South Poles of Earth. These light shows are one of the natural wonders of our world and … Continue reading →

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Evidence Grows for an Ocean Inside Saturn’s Moon, Enceladus

Posted on November 29, 2009 by admin

As the Cassini space probe continues to study Saturn and its system of moons, the evidence is mounting that one of those moons, Enceladus, may have liquid water beneath its surface.  Combine this intriguing possibility with the fact that a … Continue reading →

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The Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life Hits the High Seas

Posted on November 11, 2009 by admin

Life on earth began in the ocean, so it just stands to reason that if life exists on other planets it may be found not on the land but in the sea. Expanding the search for extraterrestrial life to the … Continue reading →

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