Cassini Sees Saturn Storm’s Explosive Power
A monster storm that erupted on Saturn in late 2010 – as large as any storm ever observed on the ringed planet — has already impressed researchers with its intensity […]
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Cassini Data: Saturn Moon May Have Rigid Ice Shell
An analysis of gravity and topography data from the Saturnian moon Titan obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft suggests there could be something unexpected about the moon’s outer ice shell. The […]
NASA-Funded Scientists Detect Water on Moon’s Surface that Hints at Water Below
NASA-funded lunar research has yielded evidence of water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the moon from an unknown source deep beneath the surface. Using data from NASA’s […]
Mars Rover Opportunity Working at Edge of ‘Solander’
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity is studying the area of contact between a rock layer formed in acidic wet conditions long ago and an even older one that may be from […]
If We Landed on Europa, What Would We Want to Know?
Most of what scientists know of Jupiter’s moon Europa they have gleaned from a dozen or so close flybys from NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979 and NASA’s Galileo spacecraft […]
Water in a Martian Desert
Craters once brim-full with sediments and water have long since drained dry, but traces of their former lives as muddy lakes cling on in the martian desert. The images were […]
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Forces Controlling Saturn Moon Jets
The intensity of the jets of water ice and organic particles that shoot out from Saturn’s moon Enceladus depends on the moon’s proximity to the ringed planet, according to data […]
Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock
NASA’s senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on “Cape York” with examination of a rock intensely altered by water. […]