Saturn threw a comet out of the solar system at 6,700 mph. This is how
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Ed Stone, director of JPL and top scientist on the Voyager mission, dies at 88
Ed Stone, the scientist who led NASA’s pioneering Voyager mission to the outer planets for 50 years and headed the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, landed his …
Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon Mimas may have buried a huge ocean from the powerful pull of the ringed planet
Earlier this year, researchers discovered that a huge liquid ocean lies beneath the icy shell of Saturn’s tiny moon, Mimas. Now the same team may …
Life on Enceladus? Europa Eyes astronomical mission to Saturn’s ocean moon
Europa could be heading to Saturn’s moon Enceladus in the search for life, according to a new report from planetary scientists eyeing a future large-scale …
Spectacular light displays on Uranus and Saturn may soon catch the eye of the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is set to begin investigating the spectacular light displays of the giants in the solar system Uranus and Saturn. …
Saturn’s ocean moon Titan may not be able to support life after all
Titan’s underground ocean, and similar oceans inside other icy outer moons Solar systemcould lack the organic chemistry necessary for lifeaccording to new astrobiological research. There …
Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon Mimas may have an ocean that scientists once believed could exist
Astronomers have discovered that Saturn’s small moon, named Mimas, could harbor a hidden liquid ocean under its thick icy shell and that the conditions there …