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Saturn's beautiful rings will vanish in about six weeks from now
An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...
If it moves, it’s probably alive: Searching for life on other planets
To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...
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The Sky This Week from January 17 to 24: A conjunction of Venus and Saturn
Saturn’s largest and brightest moon, 8th-magnitude Titan, lies a little over 2.5 ... Iapetus is south of Saturn. Note that Enceladus (12th magnitude) and Mimas (13th magnitude) may be too ...
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Explorit: Get new perspective on icy moons
There are several icy moons in our solar system, including Neptune’s moon Triton, Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Titan, and Jupiter’s moons Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.
Spacefarers may contaminate other worlds – but scientists have plans to keep the cosmos clean
The US wants to put a flag on Mars. But there’s a risk it could carry unwanted stowaways that might compromise future ...
Could Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Be Hiding Clues to Alien Life?
Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...
Tidal energy measurements help scientists understand Titan's composition and orbital history
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the ...
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Understanding Titan's Interior and History Through Tidal Friction
What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science ...