Tag Archives: Saturn

Major moons of Saturn could be born and die 20-30 times. Japanese and French scientists have suggested that large moons of Saturn could be born and die 20-30 times in the history of the second largest planet in the Solar system. A study published in the library of electronic preprints …

Images captured by Cassini NASA has published several photos of Saturn taken by the Cassini spacecraft on the solstice. The photographs of the hexagonal storm that is raging above the planet’s surface, as stated on the Agency’s website.Experts have commented on the picture, noting that during the mission the probe …

The images were sent to Earth and made public by NASA.The spacecraft Cassini, which wanders the expanse of Saturn, photographed by the famous hexagonal vortex in the solstice. This was reported on the website NASA. Pictures of the device made on the second day of solstice. Such an amazing phenomenon …

The rings of Saturn, today scientists believe, arose as a result of the destruction of the “embryo” of the planet in the early days of the Solar system The probe “Cassini” received the most detailed pictures of the nearby rings of Saturn and saw a lot of “props” — bright …

Station, Cassini passed Titan unique pictures. Station, Cassini transmitted to Earth the huge cloud bands on Saturn’s moon Titan. The picture was published on the website NASA. As underlined by the Agency, the image of the methane cloud received when she was at a distance of 508 thousand kilometers from …

NASA scientists used the fuel reserves that have stayed on it, and send it on a collision course with Saturn.NASA’s plan is to destroy the spacecraft to avoid a random encounter with one of Saturn’s moons and its pollution as this could affect alien life. But before the device is …

The record shows that “seen” by the probe during the first contact with the planet The American space Agency NASA has published a video with the flight of the Cassini spacecraft through the upper atmosphere of Saturn. The animation was made on the basis of photographs, poluchennyj during the “dive” …

Cassini has transmitted to Earth pictures of Saturn. NASA scientists have created an animation that shows exactly where the Cassini spacecraft took the new photo of Saturn. The animation was made on the basis of images that a probe conveyed to Earth after a maneuver on April 26. These pictures …

Now the sound of Saturn is the plasma wave. Station, Cassini recorded the sounds of Saturn with the help of a science instrument RPWS (Radio and Plasma Wave Science). Now the sound of Saturn is plasma wave, which creates charged particles of the inner ring D of the planet, according …

Cassini photographed Saturn’s rings as close as possible. Automatic interplanetary station for the first time in the history prolateral between the rings and the main part of the planet. Unique photos and video frames perfectly are distinguishable hurricane vortices in the upper atmospheric layers of the heavenly bodies. The head …