items tagged with Saturn
Space telescope finds supersized Saturn ring
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-07 08:33:52
NASA announced on October 6, 2009, that its Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered another ring around the planet Saturn. And, it’s a big one. The thickness of the newly found ring would allow one billion Earths to be strung end to end.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-07 08:33:52
NASA announced on October 6, 2009, that its Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered another ring around the planet Saturn. And, it’s a big one. The thickness of the newly found ring would allow one billion Earths to be strung end to end.
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October morning sky fills with planets
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-04 08:39:25
In October 2009, the morning sky will be exceptionally filled with the planets Venus, Mercury, and Saturn. Later on in the month, the Moon will join the trio.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-04 08:39:25
In October 2009, the morning sky will be exceptionally filled with the planets Venus, Mercury, and Saturn. Later on in the month, the Moon will join the trio.
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Cassini heightens its study of Saturn’s rings
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-22 08:19:43
Project scientists with the Cassini spacecraft mission are astonished to see for the first time that the rings of Saturn have a dramatic third dimension, height, and some of them are as tall as a couple of miles.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-22 08:19:43
Project scientists with the Cassini spacecraft mission are astonished to see for the first time that the rings of Saturn have a dramatic third dimension, height, and some of them are as tall as a couple of miles.
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Could salty ocean lie below Saturn’s moon Enceladus?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-25 06:36:03
The Cassini spacecraft has detected sodium salts within ice grains of the outermost ring of Saturn. Since jets from its moon Enceladus replenish the material found in the ring, astronomers think an ocean of liquid water could exist beneath its surface.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-25 06:36:03
The Cassini spacecraft has detected sodium salts within ice grains of the outermost ring of Saturn. Since jets from its moon Enceladus replenish the material found in the ring, astronomers think an ocean of liquid water could exist beneath its surface.
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Add another moon to Saturn, the count goes up to 61
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-04 08:36:38
Astronomers with the NASA Cassini spacecraft imaging team announced that they discovered a tiny moon (S/2008 S 1) orbiting Saturn's second most outer ring. It is the 61st moon known to be orbiting the giant planet Saturn, and a huge discovery for learning more about the evolution of its ring system.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-04 08:36:38
Astronomers with the NASA Cassini spacecraft imaging team announced that they discovered a tiny moon (S/2008 S 1) orbiting Saturn's second most outer ring. It is the 61st moon known to be orbiting the giant planet Saturn, and a huge discovery for learning more about the evolution of its ring system.
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