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Local woman made history with Apollo program
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
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For all the fame the astronauts who flew into space with the Apollo program received, there were those who were forgotten. 400,000 of them to be exact. Among them was Tallahassee resident Sarah Howard, one of only 30 women engineers to work on the Saturn...
Tags: rocket, saturn, Tallahassee's Sara Howard
Electricity Found on Saturn Moon, Could It Spark A Life?
Spanish physicists have discovered evidence of electrical activity in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. These faint electrical signals in Titan's smoggy atmosphere are similar to the energy radiated by lightning on Earth, which some...
Cassini flyby gathers dust, water particles from Saturn's moon
Portland :: OR :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility he international Cassini space probe flew within 16 miles of the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Thursday — a breathtakingly close flyby designed to gather dust and water particles that will help scientists better understand the recently discovered...
Tags: enceladus, moon, water, geyser, saturn moon, Cassini, Saturn, moon Enceladus
New Scientist: Latest: Cassini to buzz the geysers of Enceladus
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Cassini probe is set to take its closest look yet at Saturn's moon Enceladus on 9 October, when it will fly only 25 kilometres above the moon's surface. The approach may reveal recent geological changes, and will allow the probe to analyse dust and gas...
U.S. to strengthen astrobiology research
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Astrobiology Institute Director Carl Pilcher. "They are focused on fundamental questions of life in the universe, but their work has implications for all of science. For example, one of these new team will investigate the habitability of icy worlds, such...
Tags: saturn moon, nasa, saturn, titan, moon, NASA Astrobiology Institute
The Mysterious "Arcs" of Saturn's Moons [Space Porn]
Pasadena :: TX :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Saturn's moons Anthe and Methone are getting in on the ring action that made the planet they orbit so famous. As you know, Saturn sports a whole series of glamorous rings, so huge and reflective that astronomers have been seeing them for centuries. Now...
Tags: moon, Saturn, Methone, Cassini, partial rings
Geysers on Saturn's Moon
Saturn's moon Enceladus is drawing interest as a potential location of intergalactic life. This is due to the geysers shooting vapors and icy particles that appear to dot its surface. While the jets were discovered back in 2005, it's still a puzzle how such...
Space Probe Pinpoints Origin of Vapor Jets on Saturn Moon
Monterey :: TN :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Enceladus, has jumped near the top of the list of potential places for life in the solar system...The new images, at seven meters per pixel, offer a resolution 10 times as great as earlier views.
Liquid Confirmed on Surface of Saturn's Moon
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Possible evidence for lake-like features came from radar images, but this method can't distinguish between liquid and very fine gravel or other tiny solids, Brown explained. "Detection of liquid ethane in Ontario Lacus confirms a long-held idea that lakes...
Tags: ethane, liquid, titan, Ontario Lacus, Saturn
NASA Now Discovers Liquid on Saturn's Moon
NASA seems to have started doing justice to all those tax dollars. Its latest discovery is the presence of liquid hydrocarbons on the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan. The hydrocarbon is ethane, which is a component of crude oil. Scientists have known...
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