New NASA research confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings at the maximum rate estimated from Voyager 1 and 2 observations made decades ago. The rings are being pulled …read more Source:: Science
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Peculiarities of huge equatorial jet stream in Saturn’s atmosphere revealed
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•The atmosphere of the planet Saturn, a gas giant ten times bigger than the Earth consisting mostly of hydrogen, has a wider, more intense jet stream than all the planets …read more Source:: Science
Saturn’s moon Dione harbors a subsurface ocean
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•A subsurface ocean lies deep within Saturn’s moon Dione, according to new data from the Cassini mission to Saturn. Two other moons of Saturn, Titan and Enceladus, are already known …read more Source:: Science
Spacecraft to sample water plumes from Saturn moon
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (REUTERS) – A U.S. spacecraft was poised to make a deep dive into plumes of water, ice and organic matter blasting from Saturn’s small, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews