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Astronomers discover whirling electric winds at Saturn's north pole, solving a decades-old NASA mystery
Saturn's aurora borealis, unlike auroras on other planets, is driven by a powerful weather system. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon may have a secret ocean, revealing a new category of worlds that could host alien life
One of Saturn's smallest moons wasn't a candidate for alien life. But if Mimas has an ocean, it cou…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Every challenge that would occur if humans tried to land on Saturn
A NASA probe released detailed images of Saturn, but if you went in person, you'd face electrical c…
Victoria Barranco,Shira Polan
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These breathtaking images of Saturn were taken by Cassini as it crashed into the planet
They were taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft just days before it crashed into Saturn. The results a…
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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NASA's groundbreaking Cassini probe is dead after 20 years of exploring Saturn
But with so many questions about Saturn still unanswered, NASA decided to keep Cassini in orbit the…
Dave Mosher
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NASA is now receiving the last photos ever taken by the Cassini probe at Saturn
If NASA had risked letting the propellant tanks run dry, it would have lost control of the $3.26-bi…
Dave Mosher
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NASA will stream video during Cassini's death plunge - and you can watch it live on YouTube
"To find that there's an ocean world so tiny with a possibility of life, so far from the sun - 10 t…
Dave Mosher
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NASA picked the 100 greatest images of Saturn from its Cassini mission - here are some of the best
To honor the more than 453,000 photos Cassini took of Saturn, its rings, moons, and other objects, …
Dave Mosher
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft just crashed into Saturn - here are the 5 biggest discoveries from the historic mission
NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, marking an end to its m…
Emmanuel Ocbazghi,Jessica Orwig
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NASA released a remarkable 'mosaic' image of Saturn as a farewell to its $3.26 billion Cassini mission
"For 37 years, Voyager 1's last view of Saturn has been, for me, one of the most evocative images e…
Jeremy Berke
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NASA's Cassini probe is about to plunge to its doom - and its fiery death may be visible to telescopes on Earth
"Those objects were so much bigger and so much more massive than Cassini, and a lot of those strike…
Dave Mosher
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Saturn ruled this scientist's life for 40 years - here's why she's begging NASA to go back after Cassini's death
In a wide-ranging interview with Business Insider, Spilker reflected on the history of Voyager and …
Dave Mosher
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NASA's Cassini probe just got closer to Saturn than ever before - here's what its death spiral is revealing
"As it makes these five dips into Saturn, followed by its final plunge, Cassini will become the fir…
Kevin Loria
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NASA is about to crash a nuclear-powered robot into Saturn - here's when and how Cassini's final moments will go down in history
What: The probe will take one final image before shutting down its camera system. That picture will…
Dave Mosher
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New close-up photos of Saturn reveal a taste of what Cassini could see during its death spiral
"Shortly after images started arriving, some of Cassini's scientists said they were seeing 'some st…
Dave Mosher
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NASA is about to kill its $3.26 billion Cassini mission - and the last parts to burn up will be what made exploration of Saturn possible
The Cassini probe launched in 1997 as part of a $3.26-billion effort to explore Saturn and its swar…
Dave Mosher
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A new NASA video shows exactly what Cassini saw and where during its 'first fantastic dive' over Saturn
"Shortly after images started arriving, some of Cassini's scientists said they were seeing 'some st…
Dave Mosher
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NASA has doomed its $3.26 billion Saturn probe - here's what Cassini may discover on its death spiral
The nuclear-powered robot called Cassini has orbited Saturn for nearly 13 years but has run dangero…
Dave Mosher
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The First Glimpse Of Earth As Photographed By The Cassini Spacecraft Last Week
In the meantime, the spacecraft has already beamed back to Earth tons of raw images from the event …
Dina Spector
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Incredible New Pictures Of Lakes On Saturn's Moon Titan
The new images and radar analysis show the liquid that make up the lakes and seas of Titan is mostl…