Our incredible solar system: One of Saturn’s moons rains on the ringed planet
As we send more sophisticated and specialized probes further out in our solar system, and look there with more powerful space-based observatories, we’re making all kinds of amazing discoveries. Today’s...
View ArticleThis … is … beautiful.
Sometimes there really are no words to describe the beauty of the universe around us. The new photo above, captured Tuesday by the Cassini spacecraft, shows the moons Enceladus and Tethys lining up...
View ArticleAnother spectacular picture of Saturn: rings, two moons and water jets
NASA’s Cassini probe, now on its second life, has delivered some stunning images during its half-decade plus exploring Saturn and its 62 (known) moons. But an image released today is definitely among...
View ArticleIf you had one shot to explore a solar system world in depth, which would you...
U.S. Rep. John Culberson, who has a powerful voice in determining NASA funding, has stated his preference for the space agency to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa. He has a big say, but not the only say....
View ArticleScientists find a huge ocean on one of Saturn’s moons
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been delivering stunning images of Saturn and its moons for about a decade. Now it has delivered some of the most precise information about the oceans on one of Saturn’s...
View ArticleThe House budget for NASA plants the seeds of a program to finally find life...
On Wednesday the U.S. House Appropriations Committee will “mark up” its 2016 budget proposal for NASA, and much of the attention will focus on cuts to the agency’s Earth science budget and not fully...
View ArticleWater, water everywhere. What does it mean for exploration?
The discovery of liquid water percolating across the surface of Mars puts an exclamation point on what scientists have been finding during the last couple of decades: the solar system is wet. Very...
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