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Saturn

It might be raining diamonds on Neptune

After Cassini, where to next?

Science

For some astronomers, the ice giants Neptune and Uranus are a tantalizing option.

Voyager 1

‘Knocking on eternity’s door’ — NASA’s Voyager mission turns 40

Science
Saturn's rings

Between Saturn’s rings: The Cassini spacecraft is sending back amazing images

Technology
Sunlight glints off of Titan’s northern seas in this near-infrared color mosaic from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/Univeristy of Idaho

This is how radically unrecognizable life might be on other planets

Science
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presides over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang April 9, 2014.

Kim Jong Un is not impressed by your discount haircuts

Global Scan
The planet Saturn is seen backlit by the sun, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013.

Saturn shows us how a moon might be born

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Scientists thought the solar system’s planets all had the moons they were going to have — but Peggy challenges that very notion. Peggy appears to be a new moon for Saturn, emerging from the rocky debris that makes up the planet’s famous rings.

The planet Saturn is seen backlit by the sun, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013.

Saturn shows us how a moon might be born

Environment

Scientists thought the solar system’s planets all had the moons they were going to have — but Peggy challenges that very notion. Peggy appears to be a new moon for Saturn, emerging from the rocky debris that makes up the planet’s famous rings.

NASA shares a family portrait of the inner solar system, starring Saturn

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It’s hard to fathom our place in the solar system, until you look at a picture of Earth taken from near Saturn. NASA just released this composite photo, snapped by the Cassini space probe in July. Earth, Venus and Mars are all visible, but just pinpricks of light.

The World

Planetary Super Storm

Environment

The Geo Quiz is looking for a planet this time where a tremendous storm is encircling it.

Tyson on Titan

When the Huygens space probe landed on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, on January 14th the world watched in awe. Living on Earth invited Neil deGrasse Tyson, the director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium, to talk about the mission. Tyson tells guest host Bruce Gellerman about Titan’s unusual features, what we didn’t learn from Huygen’s data, […]