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Saturn's planet-wide storms driven by seasonal heating, Cassini probe revealsSaturn pumps into space varying amounts of heat based on its seasons, which drives planet-wide storms, data from NASA's Cassini mission has revealed.
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Enormous 'San Andreas fault' on Saturn's moon could help reveal signs of alien lifeHuge "tiger stripe" fault lines seen on Saturn's moon Enceladus raise hopes that a "long-lived" ocean containing potential alien life may lurk beneath the moon's icy shell.
By Robert Lea Published
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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an underground ocean scientists never believed could existA new study of Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas finds evidence of a young, underground ocean that may be hospitable to early forms of life.
By Robert Lea Published
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Mysterious 'magic' islands that come and go on Saturn's moon Titan finally have an explanationBright spots that appear and vanish on Saturn's moon Titan have a seemingly simple explanation — they're floating chunks of frozen organic material.
By Briley Lewis Published
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NASA finds key ingredient for life gushing out of Saturn's icy moon EnceladusScientists have discovered complex molecules in the gas and vapor plumes escaping from Enceladus's icy core — and one of them, hydrogen cyanide, is a precursor for life.
By Joanna Thompson Published
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Signs of life shooting from Saturn's moon could be collected with spacecraft, scientists sayPossible amino acids spewing from Enceladus' subsurface ocean can survive impact with a spacecraft, lab experiments show.
By Rahul Rao Published
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Historic space photo of the week: Voyager 2 spies a storm on Saturn 42 years agoWith the ringed planet currently perfectly positioned for observation with a small telescope, relive Voyager 2's landmark 1981 visit.
By Jamie Carter Published
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100-year-long 'megastorms' on Saturn are creating radio signals that scientists can't fully explainGargantuan storms on Saturn can wrap around the entire planet and be seen for months. New research suggests their impacts persist hundreds of years longer than experts thought.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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See Saturn disappear in eerie, unfinished James Webb telescope imagesThe James Webb Space Telescope's new images of Saturn aren't finished, but they're still mind-blowingly cool.
By Joanna Thompson Published
