Saturn's rings and moons

This composite image shows suspicious jets of water vapor erupting at the 7 o'clock position outside the boundary of Jupiter's moon Europa. The streams, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's Imaging Spectrometer camera, were seen in silhouette as the moon passed in front of Jupiter. The Hubble data were collected on January 26, 2014. The image of Europa superimposed on the Hubble data consists of data from the Galileo Voyager missions Credit: NASA/ESA/W. Sparks (STScI)/USGS Astrogeology Science Center

NASA researchers propose looking for signatures of life near the surface of Enceladus and Europa

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NASA scientists conducted an experiment simulating the conditions on the icy moons Europa of Jupiter and Enceladus of Shabati and came to the conclusion that if there is life on them you don't need to dig deep to find at least their remains
This illustration shows Saturn's icy moon Enceladus with a buildup of ice particles, water vapor, and organic molecules ejected from cracks in the moon's south polar region. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Saturn's surprise: NASA discovered an energy source and a basic molecule for life on Enceladus

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In the new study, evidence for additional sources of chemical energy, much stronger and more diverse than methane production, was discovered: a group of organic compounds was found that were oxidized, and this indicates many chemical pathways for the existence of potential life in the ocean
An artist's impression of the Cassini spacecraft flying through plumes erupting from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. These geysers are very similar to geysers and emit a mixture of water vapor, ice grains, salts, methane and other organic molecules. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The Webb Space Telescope discovers a 10,000 km long plume of water erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus

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This is the first time that such a water emission has been seen from such a great distance, and in addition, the Web allows researchers a direct view, for the first time, of how this emission feeds the water supply of the entire system of
Cassini's imager plunges into the gap between Saturn and its rings, in the final phase of its 20-year mission in space. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Saturn's rings will disappear within 100 million years

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The north pole of Enceladus. Source: NASA.

The north pole of Enceladus

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Ultraviolet and infrared shielding of the moon Titan, with which it is possible to penetrate through the atmosphere of the moon, which hides the surface when viewed in the visible light range. Artificial color image, taken by Cassini in 2004. Source: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

Titan - new findings - part two

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Imaged above by Cassini in 2011. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.

Titan - new findings - part one

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The moon discussed in a Cassini photograph in 2005. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Dione - New findings from Saturn's moon

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Image composited from raw Cassini spacecraft images taken from about 500,000 km from the Moon on May 7, 2017. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill.

New discoveries from Cassini: Titan's methane clouds and the propellers in Saturn's rings

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Imaging of the Cassini spacecraft passing through the water jets of the moon Enceladus. The close flyby she made through the jets in 2015 allowed her to detect molecular hydrogen in the water jets and strengthen the possibility that the environment in the sub-glacial ocean from which the jets emanate supports the existence of life. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

NASA unveils new discoveries from the ocean worlds of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn

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Water vapor and mineral particles drift into space from the surface of the moon Enceladus, one of the icy moons orbiting Saturn. Metamorphoses hint at the existence of an ocean beneath the ice and the fascinating possibility that it contains life. Artist rendering: NASA / David Seal.

Is there life on one of Saturn's icy moons?

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from Athens Source: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

On Mathon, a tiny moon of Saturn

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Saturn's moon Enceladus. At the bottom of the picture is its south pole with the tiger stripes from which the water jets come out, arising from an ocean of liquid water hiding under an outer layer of ice. The new study indicates that this ice layer is much thinner than previously thought in the South Pole region, which could greatly aid a future research mission to the Moon. Source: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

Enceladus' sub-ice ocean may be very close to the surface

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Saturn's moon Pan. Photo. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)

Pan - Saturn's unusual month

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Saturn's moon Helen, as photographed by Cassini from 2011. Source: NASA.

on Saturn's moon Helen

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Enlarged section of the photograph. Source: NASA / Image editing - Ph0705, wikimedia.

Daphnis, a moon of Saturn, revealed in a new Cassini image

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One of the new close-up photos taken by Cassini on December 18, 2016. This photo shows part of Cassini's A ring, the outer of its two large rings, and is approximately 134 km from the planet. The photo was taken from a distance of 56,000 km . On the left side of the image you can see the route known by NASA as "straw", caused by small clusters of the tiny ice particles that make up Saturn's rings. The straw itself is visible on top of waves in the ring, which are created by the gravitational influence of the moons Epimetheus and Janus. In the rest The image shows the gravitational "traces" of the moon Pan.Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.

Saturn's rings are revealed in unprecedented detail in new Cassini images

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Left: An image of Saturn's rings as photographed by the Cassini spacecraft. Right: Image of the rings of Uranus as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo: NASA / JPL / STScI

Has the mystery of the formation of Saturn's rings been solved?

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Saturn's moon Epimetheus as photographed on December 6, 2015 by the Cassini spacecraft. Photo: NASA

NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows: three moons of Saturn in one day

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Comet Siding Spring as it might have been seen from Mars. Figure: Indian Space Agency

Summary of the year 2014 Part II - Astronomy and astrophysics: a rare meeting between Mars and the comet 'Ben David' of the Earth and a supercluster

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The image of the merger of the moon Mimas was created from images taken by the Cassini spacecraft during its flyby on February 13, 2010. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Is there an ocean or at least a glacier in the heart of the Saturnian moon Mimas?

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The disturbance seen at the outer edge of Saturn's A ring in the image taken by the Cassini spacecraft may be an object that is a moon in the process of formation. Photo: NASA

Planet Saturn shows: Moon is born

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Gravity measurements by the Cassini spacecraft and NASA's Deep Space Network indicate that Saturn's moon Enceladus, which has jets from its south pole, also contains a large internal sea beneath the ice sheet. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Further confirmation of the existence of a liquid water ocean beneath the surface of the Saturnian moon Enceladus

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This rare photo was taken this week - July 19, 2013 with the wide angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn. In the photo you can see Saturn's rings as well as the Earth and the Moon in the same frame. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

This is what Earth looks like from orbit around Saturn

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A geyser (at the top of the image) erupts from Enceladus. Photo: NASA's Cassini spacecraft

Geysers and water on the moon Enceladus

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Photo PIA11669 - Cassini division (Cassini division) an area of ​​low density between ring A and ring B

Rings of Saturn - new discoveries

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The moon Prometheus as photographed by the Cassini spacecraft, 1/2/2010

Prometheus is a moon of Saturn

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The Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Saturn's moon Hyperion on August 25, 2011. Photo: NASA/Caltech

On Thursday, August 25, Cassini imaged Saturn's moon Hyperion

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Mimas and the Herschel Crater on it. Taken by the Cassini spacecraft on February 13, 2010

Mimas and see - summary of new findings

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On March 2, 2010, the Cassini spacecraft passed near Rhea. In the picture: simulation of the predicted oxygen density (in yellow) compared to INMS instrument measurements on Cassini (in white) during the approach flight

A faint atmosphere containing oxygen has been discovered around Saturn's moon see

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Saturn's moons Dion (above) and see a unique Cassini image, June 27, 2010

Did the moons merge?

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The temperature map of Mimas (right) and the same moon in visible light (left)

Pacman Ate the Death Star (3D)

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Saturn's moon Enceladus. Photo: Cassini spacecraft

The "elements of life" exist on Saturn's moon, Enceladus

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The plume and tiger stripes are clearly visible in the Cassini approach images of the moon Enceladus

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The chemistry of the moon Titan has been revealed

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

An eighth and distant ring has been discovered on Saturn

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The naked Saturn

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Is there an ocean on Enceladus? Scientists are divided

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Mims, Hyperion, see, Dion, Thetis-new findings

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Enceladus - new findings. Part II'

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Enceladus - new findings. Part a'

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Rings of Saturn - new findings

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A hitherto unknown moon of Saturn is responsible for the formation of one of the rings

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The next big mission: to Jupiter and its moons

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Could Cassini be used to discover life on Enceladus?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Cassini will pass through Enceladus' plumes today

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A closer look at Jupiter

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Half rings have been discovered around Saturn

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Cassini is scheduled to pass today within the edge of the ice plume ejected from Enceladus

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Saturn's rings may live forever, and they are not temporary as previously thought

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