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Determine the true age of Saturn's belt
Space science

Determine the true age of Saturn's belt

Based on data from the Cassini spacecraft, experts identified the Saturn belt formed about 4.4 billion years ago, shortly after the planet pictured.

December 17, 2018
Discover strange objects on Saturn
Space science

Discover strange objects on Saturn

The Cassini spacecraft has sent from Saturn the image of a strange hexagonal object with surface wind stronger than a Category 5 storm on Earth.

December 17, 2018
NASA announces panoramic picture of Saturn
Space science

NASA announces panoramic picture of Saturn

The Cassini spacecraft of the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) captured the spectacular panoramic picture of Saturn with its moons, rings and other planets in the…

December 17, 2018
Discover the plastic material on Saturn's moon
Space science

Discover the plastic material on Saturn's moon

We can easily find plastic everywhere on this Earth rather than in the universe. But the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has found plastic on a moon of Saturn.

December 17, 2018
Photographing the Earth from 1.6 billion km away
Space science

Photographing the Earth from 1.6 billion km away

The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) urged people around the world to wave their hands into the air on July 19 when Cassini intended to photograph the Earth throug…

December 17, 2018
Earth image from Saturn
Space science

Earth image from Saturn

The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) on July 22 published on its website a picture of Earth from a Cassini probe in the Saturn belt, 1.5 meters from our green plan…

December 17, 2018
Extreme picture of super typhoon on Saturn
Space science

Extreme picture of super typhoon on Saturn

Cassini, the US spacecraft flying around Saturn, has captured the planet's super-stormy super-spectacle. The storm center has a width of up to 2,000km, and the wind spee…

December 17, 2018
Decode the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
Space science

Decode the distance from the Earth to the Sun.

According to Space, astronomers used the AU unit to measure every distance in the solar system. For example, Jupiter is 5.2 AU from the Sun while Neptune is 30,07 AU fro…

December 17, 2018
Saturn changes color seasonally
Space science

Saturn changes color seasonally

When the Cassini explorer ship flew around Saturn for the first time seven years ago, scientists discovered blue that covered the planet's northern hemisphere. Since the…

December 17, 2018
Cassini flies close to the moon of Saturn
Space science

Cassini flies close to the moon of Saturn

On March 28 (VN time), the Cassini probe has flown across Saturn's moon Enceladus to the lowest level ever. Scientists think there may be an ocean on this moon.

December 17, 2018
Titan Saturn Moon: 1,000 years a rain
Space science

Titan Saturn Moon: 1,000 years a rain

According to recent analysis results, in many places on Saturn's moon Titan, every 1000 years on average there is rain. But unlike the rain on Earth, the rain on this mo…

December 17, 2018