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Discovering a small planet like Earth
The first iron-clad evidence of a rocky planet outside the solar system was found using the Kepler Space Telescope.
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NASA also needs 'witch' photoshop
An article published in Discovery Magazine has revealed that NASA's recently released Saturn photos have been processed in photoshop.
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Detecting oxygen on Saturn satellite
American Cassini spacecraft discovered the existence of the atmosphere on Rhea, Saturn's second largest satellite, in a close-up of this celestial body in March ...
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9 suitable places to find extraterrestrial life
Mars, the Orion Nebula, Jupiter's satellites Europa are places where humans should pay attention in the search for life in the universe.
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Detecting signs of life on Saturn satellite
On the surface of Saturn's Titan satellite can exist complex organic molecules that make up the basic units that form life.
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Glass Kepler discovered two giant planets
With the Kepler space telescope, physicists have discovered two giant planets orbiting a distant star orbit.
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Pac-man appeared on Saturn's moon
The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has captured a very interesting scene of the small satellite Mimas.
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There is liquid on Saturn's Titan satellite
The US Aerospace Agency has just released a photo showing the presence of a liquid in the northern hemisphere of Titan, Saturn's largest satellite.
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Explore Saturn's new belt
The record-breaking and unprecedented giant belt discovered by Spitzer telescope. The half-dark mystery of the moon Iapetus had the answer.
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Saturn lightning storm breaks the record in our solar system
A lightning storm is 3,000 km wide with 10,000 times stronger lightning than Earth's hurricanes. Operating for the past 8 months in Saturn, the lightning storm recorded…
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Planets pave the way for clean energy
A group of international scientists headed by Oxford University have looked at the dense and hot mass in the center of the planets ...
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Earth days are shorter than 5 minutes
A new method of measuring the rotational speed of large gas planets shows that Saturn's days are 10 hours, 34 minutes and 13 seconds - 5 minutes shorter than previous ca…
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Earth and Titan are surprisingly similar
Some environmental conditions on Saturn's Titan satellite are very similar to Earth in the beginning of life.
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How does Saturn's moon stripe form?
A recent study clarified the origin of tiger stripes and the ocean beneath the surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.
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Signs of water on Saturn satellite
Scientists have found new evidence that a Saturn satellite has an ocean or saltwater lake beneath its frozen surface.