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Detecting water on a Saturn satellite
Space science

Detecting water on a Saturn satellite

American astronomers argue that clouds of dust and gas escaping from one of Saturn's satellites may contain water, an important factor for life.

December 17, 2018
Saturn's Titan moon has electromagnetic activity
Space science

Saturn's Titan moon has electromagnetic activity

Physicists at Granada University and Valencia University have recently discovered a specific data analysis process sent from Huygen probe at Titan - Saturn's largest moo…

December 17, 2018
Discover new types of aurora on Saturn
Space science

Discover new types of aurora on Saturn

In addition to the aurora form as usual on Earth, researchers have discovered that Saturn has a different type of aurora, which is fainter but continuous.

December 17, 2018
The giant 'sponge' around Saturn
Space science

The giant 'sponge' around Saturn

According to many recent analysis of space probe Cassini, one of the rings surrounding Saturn must be 'subjected to' substances from the geysers of the icy Enceladus art…

December 17, 2018
Circles around Saturn are billions of years ago
Space science

Circles around Saturn are billions of years ago

According to astronomers, the new data collected by Cassini probes shows that circles around Saturn have been around billions of years ago and may be permanent.

December 17, 2018
Detecting Saturn's 60th moon
Space science

Detecting Saturn's 60th moon

Scientists have discovered a new moon of Saturn, bringing the planet's total moon count to 60. The new moon was discovered by a series of images made by evil cameras.

December 17, 2018
Discover the mysterious halo of Saturn
Space science

Discover the mysterious halo of Saturn

Scientists have taken an important step to decipher the mystery around Saturn's halo. More than 168,000 km away from the center and more than 15,000 km from the nearest…

December 17, 2018
There are tornadoes on Saturn
Space science

There are tornadoes on Saturn

Scientists on May 8 said they believed that it was the storms themselves, not the other elements that controlled the whirlwind (up to 400 km / g) on ​​Saturn. The basis…

December 17, 2018
Why can't Saturn day be measured?
Space science

Why can't Saturn day be measured?

Strangely, astronomers do not know how many hours a day of Saturn is, because they cannot overcome the obstacle to this giant gas planet.

December 17, 2018