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Spring Has Sprung ... On Titan
10.20.10 - Cassini has captured images of clouds in the equatorial region of Saturn's moon Titan, likely heralding the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere.
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Engineers Assessing Cassini Spacecraft
11.04.10 - Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working to understand what caused NASA's Cassini spacecraft to put itself into "safe mode," a precautionary standby mode.
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The (Long) Weekend Warrior: Nine Moons, 62 Hours
10.19.10 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully glided near nine Saturnian moons, sending back a stream of raw images as mementos of its adrenaline-fueled expedition.
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Cassini Catches Saturn Moons in Paintball Fight
10.07.10 - Scientists using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have learned that distinctive, colorful bands and splotches embellish the surfaces of Saturn's inner, mid-size moons.
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Saturn's Icy Moon May Keep Oceans Liquid with Wobble
10.06.10 - Enceladus should have frozen solid long ago, but a slight wobble may help generate enough heat to create an ocean under its icy surface.
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Enceladus May Keep its Oceans Liquid by Wobbling
10.06.10 - Cassini helps decode the puzzling heat patterns of the Saturnian moon Enceladus.
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Hello, Saturn Summer Solstice: Cassini's New Chapter
09.27.10 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft begins its Solstice Mission today.
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New Views of Saturn's Aurora, Captured by Cassini
09.23.10 - A new movie and images showing Saturn's shimmering aurora over a two-day period are helping scientists understand what drives some of the solar system's most impressive light shows.
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Cassini Gazes at Veiled Titan
09.23.10 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft will swing high over Saturn's moon Titan to take a long, sustained look.
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Spring on Titan Brings Sunshine and Patchy Clouds
09.21.10 - Scientists working with NASA's Cassini spacecraft are creating the first long-term study of Titan's weather.
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Cassini Captures a Divine Dione
09.07.10 - Cruising past Saturn's moon Dione this past weekend, NASA's Cassini spacecraft got its best look yet at the north polar region of this small, icy moon and returned stark raw images of the fractured, cratered surface.
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Move Over Caravaggio: Cassini's Light and Dark Moons
08.16.10 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has returned Saturnian moon images from its flyby late last week, revealing light and dark contrasts worthy of chiaroscuro painters like Caravaggio.
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Cassini Bags Enceladus 'Tigers'
08.14.10 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its flyby over the "tiger stripes" in the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus and returned intriguing images.
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Cassini Hunting Enceladus 'Tigers' with Night Vision
08.12.10 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be hunting for heat signatures at the "tiger stripes" in the dim south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Friday, Aug. 13.
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Raisin' Mountains on Saturn's Moon Titan
08.12.10 - Saturn's moon Titan ripples with mountains, and scientists have been trying to figure out how they form.
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Blowing in the Wind: Cassini Helps with Dune Whodunit
07.29.10 - The answer to the mystery of dune patterns on Saturn's moon Titan did turn out to be blowing in the wind.
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Cassini Sees Moon Building Snowballs in Saturn Ring
07.20.10 - New images from Cassini show icy particles in Saturn's F ring clumping into giant snowballs as the moon Prometheus makes multiple swings by the ring.
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See Beautiful Ontario Lacus: Cassini's Guided Tour
07.15.10 - This lake on Saturn's moon Titan turns out to be a perfect exotic vacation spot, provided you can handle subzero temperatures and enjoy soaking in liquid hydrocarbon.
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Saturn Propellers Reflect Solar System Origins
07.08.10 - Scientists using NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn have stalked a new class of moons in the rings of Saturn that create distinctive propeller-shaped gaps in ring material.
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A Closer Look at Daphnis
07.06.10 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured the closest images of Saturn's moon Daphnis to date.