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Is Saturn’s moon Dione still cryovolcanically active?

Phil Plait

Aug 3, 2021

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

This is the best time all year to see the ringed magnificence of Saturn

Phil Plait

Jul 29, 2021

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Could the methane Enceladus spews into space mean aliens are lurking beneath the ice?

Elizabeth Rayne

Jul 12, 2021

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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

Does Saturn's helium rain affect the gas giant's unique magnetic field?

Jeff Spry

May 11, 2021

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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

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Incredible microscope images of molecules show what Titan's haze looks like up *very* close

Phil Plait

Feb 15, 2021

Tholin analogues created in a lab to mimic Titan’s haze particles. The scalebar on the left is 1 micron, one-millionth of a meter. Credit Nathalie Carrasco (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Jupiter and Saturn align in the sky, their closest approach to each other in 400 years

Phil Plait

Dec 8, 2020

A couple, including the photographer, watch Jupiter and Saturn and the Milky Way over the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Italian Alps in early October 2020. Credit: Giorgia Hofer

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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

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Swirling storms on Saturn and Jupiter are unlike anything on Earth

Elizabeth Rayne

Nov 21, 2020

Bizarre molecule discovered on Titan has never been found on any moon or planet, ever

Elizabeth Rayne

Nov 3, 2020

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).

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What is up with that hexagon on Saturn? We might have finally found out

Elizabeth Rayne

Jun 21, 2020

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