28 October 2016
Temperature is the key to showing how gas giants form say researchers
...The formation of gas giants such as Jupiter and Saturn has been a long standing problem in astronomy,...gyi. "So maybe an observed planet has only the same mass as Saturn instead of some Jupiter masses.” Despite these positive results, challenges still ...
28 February 2017
The future is here: Elon Musk announces commercial flights to the Moon
...be the most powerful vehicle to reach orbit after the Saturn V moon rocket. At 5 million pounds of liftoff thrust, Falcon Heavy ...is two-thirds the thrust of Saturn V and more than double the thrust of the next largest ...
14 April 2017
Cassini finds evidence for hydrothermal vent activity on Enceladus
... hydrogen in a plume of gas and icy particles spraying from Saturn's moon Enceladus, prompting the question could it be a suitable ... interacts with rock at the bottom of the ocean of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, producing hydrogen gas. Credit: NASA/...
31 July 2017
Complex chemistry on Titan may form membranes
... that might be capable of forming stable, flexible structures similar to cell membranes has been found in sizeable quantities on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Nearly as large as Mars, Titan, is one of our solar system's most curious bodies. It shares...
13 February 2019
Magnetopause makes Earth one enormous drum
... it seems our planet could be teaming up with Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn to belt out tunes to the rest of the Solar System, as ...this phenomenon on other planets with magnetospheres, like Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury, and what effect the waves may have...
28 June 2019
NASA drone to search for signs of early life on Titan
...will send a quadcopter to search for the building blocks of life on Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is no ordinary moon; not only is this... miles and miles across the organic sand dunes of Saturn’s largest moon, exploring the processes that shape this ...
