PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- NASA says its Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed another flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and is sending data from the event back to Earth. Astronomers said Cassini has approached... [read full story]
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The joint NASA/ESA mission Cassini-Huygens, currently in orbit around Saturn, has recently beamed back some amazing photos of a beautiful geyser eruption that took place on the moon Enceladus. The experts who investigated the...
N00145329.jpg was taken on November 01, 2009 and received on Earth November 02, 2009. The camera was pointing toward ENCELADUS at approximately 330,844 kilometers away, and the image was taken using t...
Enlarge Cassini's camera captured this image of the misty plume spewing from the south polar region of Saturn’s moon Enceladus on its Nov. 2, 2009, flyby. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute (PhysOrg.com) -- Cassini...
Plumes suggest that a store of liquid water may be present beneath surface Catch a blast from the sun, a clash between galaxies and other outer-space highlights from October. Striking new photos of water-vapor geysers erupting...
By Clara Moskowitz Staff Writer posted: 04 November 2009 Striking new photos of water-vapor geysers erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus were beamed to Earth this week by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around the ringed...
Striking new photos of water-vapor geysers erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus were beamed to Earth this week by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around the ringed planet. Cassini made its deepest dive yet into the plumes...
The Cassini spacecraft has weathered the Monday, Nov. 2, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus in good health and has been sending images and data of the encounter back to Earth. Cassini had approached Enceladus more closely before,...
Cassini's camera captured this image of the misty plume spewing from the south polar region of Saturn’s moon Enceladus on its Nov. 2, 2009, flyby. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute › Full image and caption The...
This perspective view of Damascus Sulcus was generated using high resolution images of Enceladus acquired in August 2008 at 12 to 30 meters (40 to 100 feet) resolution, together with a new topographic map of the region produced...
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has made its deepest plunge yet into the plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus, which might reveal complex organic molecules that could hint at life. Researchers have been fascinated with Enceladus since...
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