Moons of Saturn

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
The north pole of Enceladus. Source: NASA.

The north pole of Enceladus

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The Cassini spacecraft in the vicinity of Saturn and its rings. Image: NASA/JPL.

2017 in space - the end of the Cassini mission to Saturn

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A simulation of the Dragonfly mission proposal, to send a rover that could fly through the dense and icy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. Source: APL/Mike Carroll.

Which spacecraft will succeed Cassini in exploring the secrets of Saturn and its moons?

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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.

Cassini Huygens crashed on Saturn, took pictures until the last moment

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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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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 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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Pandora's new photography. Source: NASA.

Pandora, a small moon of Saturn, has been revealed in new Cassini images

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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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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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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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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.

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.

Titan may have oily oceans

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