Scientists discover mysterious stripes on Saturn's moon Dione
Science | October 25, 2018 17:21 ISTThe stripes are parallel, appear to overlie other features and are unaffected by topography, suggesting they are among the youngest surfaces on Dione.
The stripes are parallel, appear to overlie other features and are unaffected by topography, suggesting they are among the youngest surfaces on Dione.
The star is just two million years old -- a ‘toddler’ in astronomical terms -- and is surrounded by a huge disc of dust and ice.
The planet will be known as EPIC 211945201b or K2-236b.
Cassini ended its journey with a dramatic plunge into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, this year, returning unique science data until it lost contact with Earth.
NASA received a final signal from its Cassini spacecraft on Friday, whose 13-year-old unparalleled journey came to an end with a meteor-link plunge into the Saturn’s crushing atmosphere
NASA's $4 billion Cassini spacecraft has burned up in the skies over Saturn as planned, ending a 20-year mission.
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus may contain a form of chemical energy that life can feed on, according to a latest NASA study that provides new insights into the 'ocean worlds' in our solar system.
US space agency NASA’s Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has sent its first views of the planet’s atmosphere showing scenes from high above the planet's northern hemisphere, including an intriguing hexagon-shaped jet stream. Cassini began its
US space agency NASA’s Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has observed some dramatic seasonal changes in atmospheric composition and temperature of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. According to NASA scientists, winter is taking a grip on Titan’s
A subsurface ocean lies deep within Saturn's moon Dione, offering a long lived habitable zone for microbial life, suggests a new data from the Cassini mission. Two other moons of Saturn, Titan and Enceladus,
In a revelation that goes contrary the understanding scientists had of the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon so far, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found an outlandish mysterious ice cloud over Titan. "The appearance of
The planet Saturn has a large number of moons. It has big moons, small moons and uneven potato-shaped moons. The second innermost moon of Saturn is Pan, which is walnut-shaped and very small in
After more than 12 years of studying Saturn, its rings and moons, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has entered the final year of its epic voyage. As per NASA report, Cassini is all set to make the
US space agency NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured another amazing image which shows a bright effect on the Saturn B ring. The Cassini, which is exploring the planet and its moons, has come up
U.S space agency NASA is planning to send a submarine to Saturn's biggest moon Titan. The aim is to find the chemical composition of the Kraken Mare, the largest ocean of the moon, and search
US space agency NASA has unveiled plans to send a submarine into the depths of Kraken Mare, the largest on Saturn’s moon Titan, which is the only body outside the Earth with liquid lakes and seas on its surface.
Scientists have found that some of the steep-sided canyons on Saturn's largest moon Titan are flooded with liquid hydrocarbons, based on the radar observation by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Such features on Saturn’s largest moon
The US space agency NASA has released a fascinating picture of Rhea, the second largest moon of Saturn just after Titan. The shot has been taken by its Cassini spacecraft. After Titan and Tethys which
A new image of Saturn, the second largest planet in the solar system, captured by its Cassini spacecraft shows two of the planet’s rings appearing to melt
A new study by scientists at Cornell University indicates that the chemical composition found on Saturn’s biggest moon Titan might breed life even without water.
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