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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…
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Discovering more activity on the two moons of Saturn
According to data from Cassini's planetarium trip, there are two Saturnian moons, Tethys and Dione, spewing large streams of particles into space. This finding shows the…
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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…
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Discovering planets hotter than 2,000 degrees Celsius
Scientists on May 9 said they have discovered an outer planet. The solar system is about the same size as Saturn, with temperatures of more than 2,000 degrees Celsius, t…
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The Cassini probe mission lasts another 2 years
Its mission to explore Saturn and its moons by Cassini probe will be extended for another two years, until 2010, 'said French scientist Jean Pierre Lebreton of the Europ…
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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.
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Discover many large seas on Saturn's Titan satellite
Scientists of the US aeronautics agency NASA yesterday (March 13) announced that the unmanned probe Cassini had found evidence of large seas on the private guard.
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High starting temperatures may have helped to form geysers on Saturn's Enceladus satellite
Enceladus is a small sized satellite and it is composed of ice and rock. The puzzling thing is how does it have a hole
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Mysterious beauty of Saturn
Scientists want to study the Saturn system in detail because they believe it will shed light on the basic questions of chemistry, physics, the process of formation and
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Discover the Titan's large mountain range of Saturn
The Cassini international spacecraft has detected a nearly one-mile high mountain range hidden in the haze of Saturn's giant Titan moon. The information was announced on…
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Titan moon can nourish life
The fog seen on Saturn's Titan moon may be a chemical component that provides organic matter that nourishes life, similar to the fog that scientists think has since
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Spot the 'storm' on Saturn
The Cassini probe of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has discovered an unprecedented phenomenon on a planet other than Earth - like a storm - at the southern tip of Satur…
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Discover a new belt around Saturn
The Cassini probe cameras have discovered a new belt around Saturn, according to scientists at the US Space Agency (NASA).
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Detecting water on Saturn moon
US Space Agency (NASA) yesterday (10-3) announced that Cassini probe has detected geysers on one of Saturn's moons, increasing hope for the possibility of life on the ot…
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Discovered 'Super Earth' by new observation technique
With the use of microphotography and the new space observing facility called OGLE, astronomers at Ohio University (USA) discovered