How one image taken from 3.7 billion miles away proved Earth is a speck in space
Voyager 1’s photographs included Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. According to NASA’s website, ‘Mars was obscured by…
Saturn’s Rings Are Ghosting Us This Weekend
Stargazers with backyard telescopes may notice something amiss in the night sky this weekend as a rare planetary…
NASA Cassini Study Finds Organics ‘Fresh’ From Ocean of Enceladus
Researchers dove deep into information gathered from the ice grains that were collected during a close and super-fast…
Saturn’s icy moon has long-term stability required for life to develop
Scientists have suggested that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has the long-term stability required for life to develop.…
A Small World in the Outer Solar System Might Be Forming Rings Before Our Very Eyes
Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking…
Unexpected Mixture of Hydrogen Cyanide and Hydrocarbons May Exist on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Titan offers great motivation for the detailed study of organic chemistry in unconventional conditions. Nonpolar hydrocarbons such as…
Cassini’s Photos Revealed of Saturn’s Moon Titan as a World Like No Other
For thirteen years, from 2004 to 2017, the Cassini-Huygens mission conducted a detailed survey of the Saturn system.…
More Evidence Emerges That One of Saturn’s Moons Could Harbor Life
A recent study of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has detected several organic compounds that had never been…
Chinese and Spanish scientists tap into salt-laced ice to generate electricity – with a twist
Scientists from China and Spain have discovered that adding salt to ice can enable it to generate electricity,…
Cassini Detects Organic Molecules in Freshly Ejected Ice Grains from Enceladus’ Ocean
Saturn’s moon Enceladus continuously ejects a plume of ice grains and gases originating from its subsurface ocean via…
Orionid meteor showers and Saturn visibility in October
October’s skies are full of interesting celestial events that don’t require registration, payment, or queuing to enjoy. Perhaps…