Saturn moon News
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The craft is modelled after drones on Earth, and would have four pairs of stacked rotors that would enable it to zip across Titan geography that has intrigued and mystified scientists for decades.
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Titan is the only world we know of in our solar system, besides Earth, that has stable liquid on its surface and the latest finding that shows remarkable similarities between the two.
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The relative motions of both Cassini and Enceladus over a 15-minute period create the movement seen in the movie sequence.
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The team found large quantities of the chemical on Titan, most likely in the stratosphere – the hazy part of the atmosphere that gives this moon its brownish-orange colour.
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Herschel's peak stands nearly as tall as Mount Everest on Earth.
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The image that shows Hyperion orbiting the planet in a chaotic manner was captured by the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on August 22, 2016 in green light.
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Watch how NASA's Cassini spacecraft will soon make a daring final close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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The flyby will take place at about 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) Wednesday.
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The spacecraft has flown closer to the surface of Enceladus before, but never this low directly through the active plume.
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted a vast water reservoir – dubbed as 'global ocean' - beneath the icy crust on Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus.
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