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Sunlight Glint Confirms Liquid in Titan Lake Zone
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid in that area.
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The Magnetic Dance of Titan and Saturn
When it flies by Saturn's largest moon, Titan, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will study the interactions between the magnetic field of Saturn and Titan.
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Reddish Dust and Ice Migration Darken Saturn's Moon
New views of Saturn's moon Iapetus accompany papers that detail how reddish dust swept up on the moon's orbit around Saturn and migrating ice can explain the bizarre, yin-yang-patterned surface.
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Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Emerges from Winter Darkness
After waiting years for the sun to illuminate Saturn's north pole again, cameras aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft have captured the most detailed images yet of the intriguing hexagon shape crowning the planet.
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Scientists Explain Puzzling Lake Asymmetry on Titan
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other institutions suggest that the eccentricity of Saturn's orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of lakes over the northern and southern polar regions of the planet's largest moon, Titan.
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Before Darkness Falls: Cassini to Scan Enceladus on Winter's Cusp
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly by Saturn's moon Enceladus this weekend for a last peek at the intriguing "tiger stripes" before winter darkness blankets the area for several years.
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Ghostly "Spokes" Puff Out From Saturn's Rings
Massive, bright clouds of tiny ice particles hover above the darkened rings of Saturn in an image captured by the Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 22, 2009, around the time of Saturn's equinox.
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Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume
Cassini has started sending data back from its Nov. 2 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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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.