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Cassini Data Help Redraw Shape of Solar System
Images from the Ion and Neutral Camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggest that the heliosphere, the region of the sun's influence, may not have the comet-like shape predicted by existing models.
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Cassini's Last Earthly Date Was 10 Years Ago Today
A decade ago today, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew past Earth at a distance of 1,171 kilometers (727 miles) on its way to an appointment with the solar system's second largest occupant - Saturn.
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Titan Flyby (T-60) Post-Flyby status
Cassini completed its 61st targeted flyby of Titan on Aug. 9, passing the moon at a distance of 970 kilometers (603 miles) above the surface at a speed of 6.0 kilometers per second (about 13,400 mph).
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Salt From Cassini Hints at Ocean in Saturn Moon
For the first time, scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission have detected sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn's outermost ring.
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Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang on to Summer
Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.
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NASA Wins Two Webby Awards for Internet Excellence →
NASA's main site won the People's Voice award for best government Web site and the Cassini mission won for best science site.
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Cassini Provides Virtual Flyover of Saturn's Moon Titan
"Fly me to the moon"- to Saturn's moon Titan, that is. New Titan movies and images are providing a bird's-eye view of the moon's Earth-like landscapes.
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Cassini Swaps Thrusters
Early this morning the Cassini spacecraft relayed information that it had successfully swapped to a backup set of propulsion thrusters late Wednesday.
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Newfound Moon May Be Source of Outer Saturn Ring
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found within Saturn's G ring an embedded moonlet that appears as a faint, moving pinprick of light.
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Cassini Maps Global Pattern of Titan's Dunes
Titan's vast dune fields, which may act like weather vanes to determine general wind direction on Saturn's biggest moon, have been mapped by scientists who compiled four years of radar data collected by the Cassini spacecraft.
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Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report
The Cassini spacecraft will swap to a backup set of propulsion thrusters in mid-March due to degradation in the performance of the current set of thrusters.
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Titan's Volcanoes Give NASA Spacecraft Chilly Reception
Recent Cassini spacecraft flybys of Titan have revealed new information about possible ice volcanoes on the small moon.
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Saturn's Dynamic Moon Enceladus Shows More Signs of Activity
The closer scientists look at Saturn's small moon Enceladus, the more they find evidence of an active world.
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Cassini Finds Mysterious New Aurora on Saturn
Saturn has its own unique brand of aurora that lights up the polar cap, unlike any other planetary aurora known in our solar system. This odd aurora revealed itself to one of the infrared instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Cyclones at Saturn's Poles Create a Swirl of Mystery
New images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a giant cyclone at Saturn's north pole, and show that a similarly monstrous cyclone churning at Saturn's south pole is powered by Earth-like storm patterns.
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Cassini Plans Doubleheader Flybys of Saturn's Geyser Moon
As major league baseball readies for the World Series, NASA's Cassini team will come to bat twice this month when the spacecraft flies by Saturn's geyser moon, Enceladus.
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Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons
Cassini has detected a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the presence of another partial ring orbiting with a second moon.
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Cassini Pinpoints Source of Jets on Enceladus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has pinpointed precisely where the icy jets erupt from the surface of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus.
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Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby
Shortly after 9:03 p.m. Pacific Time, the Cassini spacecraft began sending data to Earth following a close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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Cassini Prepares to Swoop by Enceladus
Fractures, or "tiger stripes," where icy jets erupt on Saturn's moon Enceladus will be the target of a close flyby by the Cassini spacecraft on Monday, Aug. 11.