07 July 2017
Unexpected large methanol find near Enceladus
..., suggest researchers who have recently spotted this organic molecule in unexpected large quantities in the E-ring around Saturn. Over a decade ago, Cassini revealed to scientists that cryovolcanoes near the south pole on Enceladus were shooting...
20 August 2018
Galaxy should be teeming with water-worlds say researchers
... have a radius around four times that of Earth, whereas Jupiter and Saturn’s radius is 10 times that of Earth. It is easy to see...to the giant planet cores of our own neighbours (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune). Its not all good news for planets ...
09 July 2021
Astronomers solve 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras
... magnetic field of Jupiter – is behind the processes driving those emissions. Strangely though, although both Jupiter and Saturn have magnetospheres (the region around a planet dominated by the planet's magnetic field), Jupiter produces bright and...
31 December 2018
Planetary Ring Systems: properties, structure and evolution
...shepherd moon Daphnis which orbits in the Keeler Gap in Saturn’s A ring. The caption reports that “The surrounding ring... and shows an uncountable number of individual rings. But Saturn’s rings are only the beginning: this book includes sections...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
..., weeks-long mission duration, the Apollo capsule, the Saturn rockets, and the lunar lander. Our spaceflight capability today...System, a new rocket that will be more powerful than the Saturn V and will provide the heavy lifting for the systems needed...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... there is no chance for a quick rescue operation from home. Saturn V launch in July 1969 of the first Apollo lunar landing mission... new heavy lift SLS rocket will be 40 feet taller than a Saturn V, coming in at about 400 feet. Mars has about 38 per ...
