Tag: Dione

  • Study suggests Saturn’s moon Dione has underground ocean

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    This view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft looks toward Saturn’s icy moon Dione, with giant Saturn and its rings in the background, just prior to the mission’s final close approach to the moon on Aug. 17, 2015. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Scientists crunching data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft believe Saturn’s moon Dione has a liquid ocean…

  • NASA probe makes last visit to Saturn’s moon Dione

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    The Cassini spacecraft snapped this view of Dione backdropped by Saturn on Monday. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Scientists are getting a final look at Saturn’s icy moon Dione for decades to come with fresh imagery streaming down this week from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which made its last close flyby of the Texas-sized satellite Monday. The…

  • Saturn moon’s ice canyons viewed by Cassini

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    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI Saturn’s moon Dione received a fleeting visitor this week, when NASA’s Cassini spacecraft whizzed by to image bizarre streaks thought to be canyons with ice walls up to 100 stories tall. The raw images from Cassini’s encounter are flowing back to Earth, and they reveal wispy bands of bright material stretching hundreds of…