28 April 2017
Cassini's first dive between Saturn and its rings
... at Saturn’s cloud tops is 1 bar – comparable to the atmospheric pressure of Earth at sea level – and while mission managers were confident Cassini would complete the manoeuvre successfully, extra precautions were taken with this first dive, as the...
14 April 2017
Cassini finds evidence for hydrothermal vent activity on Enceladus
...in the ocean of Enceladus. This graphic illustrates how Cassini scientists think water interacts with rock at the bottom ... and warming the surrounding surface. Hopefully, NASA's Europa Clipper mission, which is planned for launch in the 2020s will be...
03 January 2017
What did 2016 do for us?
...these two planets, Cassini, which did the same for Saturn and its moons, will terminate its mission in July, but ...the spacecraft will collect valuable information far beyond the mission’s original plan, including sampling the atmosphere and ionosphere...
16 August 2015
Cassini and Saturn’s moon Dione: so long and thanks for all the pics
... looms as a bigger possibility than before. “But we’ve never found the smoking gun,” Cassini science team member Bonnie Burratti told Space.com. The Cassini mission is meanwhile winding down. The last approach to Dione is first on the list...
February 2016
Space for art
...’ icy jets and their role in creating Saturn’s E-ring is one of the top findings of the Cassini mission to Saturn. Further Cassini mission discoveries revealed strong evidence of a global ocean and the first signs of potential hydrothermal activity...
