...the meantime, assets on Earth and in orbit (like the James Webb Space Telescope) will continue to observe Saturn to build on Cassini’s legacy of discoveries, while keeping a watchful eye on the northern summertime conditions as it evolves towards the...
...have discovered that they are disappearing at an alarming rate. Saturn is not the only planet in our Solar System to ... rain' drains the equivalent of an Olympic-sized swimming pool from Saturn's rings in half an hour,” said Dr O'Donoghue, who works...
... Goldstone Complex in California's Mojave Desert. During this final chapter, Cassini will make a total of 22 dives between Saturn and its rings, as it loops around the planet approximately once per week. The spacecraft’s final act...
... 30 Earth years, so the winters are long,” adds co-author Sandrine Guerlet from Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France. “Saturn only began to emerge from the depths of northern winter in 2009, and gradually warmed up as the northern hemisphere...
.... The discovery also means that the true length of Saturn's day is still unknown. The tilt, which has been... by currents flowing through liquid metal (or in the case of Saturn, liquid metallic hydrogen). These currents are sustained due to the ...
... on Titan lasts a lengthy 16 Earth-days and it orbits Saturn at a considerable distance - around 1.2 million kilometres compared to just... changes over two Titan seasons. Cassini arrived at Saturn in 2004, two years after the northern winter solstice...