24 January 2020
New study suggests Enceladus' oceans more habitable than previously thought
...polar region were first spotted in 2005 when NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its tour of the gas giants and some... that is commonly found in quartz sand on Earth – analysed in Cassini data, also led scientists to the same suggestion; that the grains ...
26 March 2021
Enceladus could have ocean currents like those on Earth, new study says
.... This was the same behaviour predicted in the teams models and backed up by the earlier data gathered by Cassini. "Knowing the distribution of ice allows us to place constraints on circulation patterns," Lobo explains. Whats more, it also helps...
October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
...the plumes, a number of which have been observed by the Cassini spacecraft in 2005 to emanate from the bottom of the four ...via the plumes, a number of which were observed by the Cassini spacecraft in 2005 Nuclear power sources in space work on the ...
07 July 2017
Unexpected large methanol find near Enceladus
... the E-ring around Saturn. Over a decade ago, Cassini revealed to scientists that cryovolcanoes near the south pole on ... the IRAM 30-metre radio telescope in the Spanish Sierra Nevada. As Cassini is due to end its journey in only a couple of months ...
02 January 2018
2017 - What a year!
...to one of the most distinguished planetary missions of our time - Cassini. However we also said hello to the first interstellar visitor from... solar neighbourhood. Hoping to do for Jupiter what Cassini did for Saturn, Juno continues to make exciting ...
03 January 2017
What did 2016 do for us?
... of astronomical discoveries? Although JUNO and ExoMars are now in place to extend our knowledge of these two planets, Cassini, which did the same for Saturn and its moons, will terminate its mission in July, but...
