Oct 13 2010
NASA Uses Photoshop! It’s a Conspiracy!
Believe it or not, even NASA needs to 'touch up' the color and contrast of their photos that are returned from space missions.
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Oct 10 2010
Saturn’s Rings Could Be the Shreds of a Giant Moon
The mother of all planetary smash-ups may have been staring us right in the face all along.
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Aug 25 2010
Saturn’s Aurora Could Hold Key to Radio Pulse Mystery
The Earth isn't the only planet to have aurorae. Saturn, the ringed gas giant, is also crowned with light -- but this light could explain a mystery first observed by the Voyager probes.
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Jul 19 2010
Need a Vacation? Visit Titan’s Exotic Ontario Lacus
Tired of terrestrial vacations? We have the destination for you! A beautiful lake-side retreat on Saturn's moon, Titan. (We accept no liability for sickness and death associated with excessive methane inhalation.)
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Jul 09 2010
New Group of Moons Found Orbiting Saturn
Curious how planets can form from disks of gas and dust? Well, the rings of Saturn are serving scientists as a living laboratory to better understand the process.
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Jun 07 2010
Titan: Oasis For Life As We Don’t Know It?
Titan could turn out to be our first and perhaps only example where life -- as we do not know it -- exists.
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May 31 2010
Battling Bots in Saturn’s Biggest Ring
In an entertaining effort to communicate why Saturn's outermost ring can only be seen in the infrared, NASA's Spitzer team have released a video of battling robots trying to gain the secrets of this "cloaked" ring.
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Apr 15 2010
Great Balls of Fire! Super-Lighting Lights Up Saturn
This week NASA released a movie that captures a living planet, rather the just another postcard glamour shot.
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Apr 15 2010
Saturn’s North Pole Hexagon Mystery Solved?
The bizarre hexagon etched into the clouds above Saturn's north pole has foxed scientists for over quarter of a century, but the mystery may have been solved with some laboratory fluid dynamics.
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Mar 31 2010
The Pac-Man Moon: Mimas Goes Wocka-Wocka-Wocka
Saturn's moon Mimas is a fan of the classic arcade game Pac-Man judging by a strange picture recently taken by NASA's Cassini Equinox mission.
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