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Explaining Saturn's ravioli moons

Phil Plait

May 27, 2021

Saturn’s ravioli and spaetzle moons Atlas, Pan, and Prometheus (top row) and models of their shapes based on collisions (bottom). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/University of Bern

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Did a giant impact and a crashing submoon form the bizarre ridge around Iapetus?

Phil Plait

Apr 9, 2021

A close view of the weird ridge wrapping around the equator of Saturn’s moon Iapetus. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Could Enceladus' frozen subsurface ocean contain active currents?

Jeff Spry

Apr 1, 2021

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Release the Kraken! Huge methane lakes on Saturn's moon Titan run deep.

Phil Plait

Dec 1, 2020

Ligeia Mare is a sea of liquid methane at Titan’s north pole. Note the feeder tributaries leading into it. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Sailing the lakes of Titan? Prepare for rough seas.

Phil Plait

Oct 8, 2020

The giant moon Titan in front of Saturn's edge-on rings, seen by the Cassini spacecraft in 2012. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Saturn's moon Enceladus shows fresh ice: More geysers on the tiny iceworld?

Phil Plait

Sep 21, 2020

Five infrared views of Saturn’s moon Enceladus from Cassini, showing fresh ice (red).

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Titan has had *enough* of Saturn, leaving the planet 100X faster than expected

Phil Plait

Jun 9, 2020

Phenomenal artwork depicting the Cassini spacecraft near Saturn and its huge moon Titan. Credits: Cassini Model: Brian Kumanchik, Christian Lopez, NASA/JPL-Caltech, and updated by Kevin M. Gill

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Are rivers of liquid methane washing away craters on Saturn’s moon Titan?

Phil Plait

May 28, 2020

A pair of craters on Saturn’s moon Titan mapped by Cassini’s radar. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Take a stunning 250,000-kilometer-long video tour of Saturn's rings

Phil Plait

Sep 20, 2019

S A T U R N. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Ian Regan

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Saturn’s rings are hiding moons shaped like frozen ravioli. Here’s why.

Elizabeth Rayne

May 9, 2019

NASA image of Saturn and its ring moons

Even Game of Thrones can’t beat the 22-year winter on Saturn’s moon

Elizabeth Rayne

Apr 24, 2019

The Night King from Game of Thrones

Tag: Bad Astronomy

How long is a day on Saturn?

Phil Plait

Jan 28, 2019

This magnificent view of Saturn was created using images taken by Cassini on October 28, 2016, and merged into a mosaic by Ian Regan. Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Ian Regan

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Saturn's rings are way younger than the planet itself… and they're disappearing.

Phil Plait

Jan 21, 2019

Artist drawing of Cassini as it readies to pass between the inner rings and Saturn’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Cassini gives us more Saturn from beyond the veil

Phil Plait

Oct 10, 2018

Artist drawing of Cassini as it readies to pass between the inner rings and Saturn’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Cassini totally just won an Emmy

Elizabeth Rayne

Sep 13, 2018

Cassini image of Saturn

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