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NASA's Dragonfly mission sets sights on Titan's mysteries
When it descends through the thick golden haze on Saturn's moon Titan, NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft will find eerily familiar ...
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See the crescent moon rise close to Saturn and Neptune early on May 22
The moon will rise with Venus and the ice giant Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on Thursday, May 22.
NASA revives 'dead' thrusters on Voyager 1 after two decades of inactivity
NASA's Voyager 1, launched in 1977, explores interstellar space. Antenna upgrades in Australia will enhance communication for ...
NASA's Dragonfly passes key test. A look at its upcoming mission to Saturn's moon
NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the ...
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Saturn's moon: Mysterious wobbling atmosphere like a gyroscope
The puzzling behavior of Titan's atmosphere has been revealed. The team has shown that the thick, hazy atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon doesn't spin in line with its surface, but instead wobbles ...
NASA’s Webb Spots Clouds On Titan, Saturn’s ‘Earth-Like’ Moon
The James Webb Space Telescope and the ground-based Keck Observatory have detected clouds on Titan, revealing active methane ...
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Saturn's Moon Titan Glows in Cloud-Bound Webb Images
The images are the first to capture the process of cloud convection on Titan, rather than the 'before' and 'after.' ...
Which planets have rings? (Hint: Saturn isn't the only one)
"Rings are mostly made of ice and small rocks," said William Saunders, a planetary scientist at NASA's Langley Research ...
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Saturn Moon's Atmosphere Wobbles Like Gyroscope
The puzzling behaviour of Titan's atmosphere has been revealed by researchers at the University of Bristol for the first time.By analysing data from ...