A major study by an international team of researchers using data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft has revealed a lattice-like structure of crisscrossing reflected waves that flow downstream ...
Enceladus’s geysers power vast electromagnetic wave systems that redistribute energy throughout Saturn’s magnetosphere.
In 2004, NASA scientists proposed that Enceladus, a small frozen moon orbiting Saturn, could hide a global ocean under its ...
The Artemis II mission, which will return US astronauts to lunar space, has run into problems that have critics demanding NASA remove the crew from the flight for safety reasons. The bigger question ...
Over 13 years, the Cassini spacecraft ventured more than 7 billion kilometers, capturing breathtaking images of Saturn, its ...
During its final Grand Finale phase, Cassini performed death-defying maneuvers through Saturn’s rings and over its poles, ...
Of the solar system’s planets, Saturn piques the human imagination with its signature rings and impressive moon count of 274. But compelling new research reignites theories of an ancient collision ...
Now, a study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes an explanation linking the formation of the moons and rings, centering on the possibility that Titan is the product of a moon merger.
Interstellar comets are the original cosmic explorers, and by studying their metallic whispers, we are learning the secrets ...
Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. for a talk by Ryan Maguire. Launched in 1997, the Cassini spacecraft orbited the ringed planet Saturn for ...
In a paper to be published in the Planetary Science Journal, scientists from SETI Institute, Southwest Research Institute, Caltech and the Observatoire de Paris argue that Saturn’s largest moon is not ...