Using observations from the international Cassini spacecraft, scientists have explored the ring-like mounds that wrap around some of the pools found at the poles of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The study reveals more about how these features formed. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-cassini-explores-ring-like-formations-titan.html…
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Enceladus’ ocean right age to support life
The subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems possibly habitable in many ways. Now a new study has determined it’s the right age to support life, too. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/enceladus-ocean-moon-habitability-right-age-to-support-life…
Dragonfly aims for Saturn’s moon Titan
Scheduled for launch in 2026, the Dragonfly mission will look for clues to the origins of life, and possibly even evidence of life itself, on Saturn’s alien yet remarkably Earth-like moon Titan. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/dragonfly-mission-saturn-moon-titan…
We go between Saturn and the sun July 9
This is Saturn’s yearly opposition. The ringed planet is now opposite the sun in our sky, rising at sunset, highest up for the night around midnight and setting at sunrise. It’s at its brightest and and best for 2019. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/saturn-closest-and-brightest…
Do organic crystals create ‘bathtub rings’ around Titan’s lakes and seas?
Scientists have been trying to figure what creates the so-called “bathtub rings” around lakes and seas on Saturn’s large moon Titan. Now they may have an answer: unusual organic crystals not found on Earth. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/saturn-moon-titan-crystals-bathtub-rings-lakes-seas…