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January 2008 Top Stories
»» Hydrothermal Systems in Small Ocean Planets
[Wednesday, January 2, 2008] We examine means for driving hydrothermal activity in extraterrestrial oceans on planets and satellites of less than one Earth mass, with implications for sustaining a low level of biological activity over geological timescales.
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»» A Wisp of Smoke
[Thursday, January 3, 2008] The Cassini spacecraft peers through the fine, smoke-sized ice particles of Saturn's F ring toward the cratered face of Mimas. The F ring's core, which contains significantly larger particles, is dense enough to completely block the light from Mimas.
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»» Sculpting the F Ring
[Thursday, January 3, 2008] Prometheus is caught here, in the act of pulling a new streamer out of the F ring's inner edge. Trailing behind (above the moon in the image) are previous dark gores that Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) has created.
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»» Saturn's Outer C Ring
[Thursday, January 3, 2008] This view takes in the outer third of Saturn's C ring -- from the Maxwell Gap, at center left, to the C-ring edge at lower right.
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»» Adiri in View
[Thursday, January 3, 2008] The Cassini spacecraft looks toward Titan and the large, equatorial bright region at center called Adiri. The Huygens probe landing site is in view here, northwest of Adiri.
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»» Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of Saturn
[Thursday, January 3, 2008] Despite more than a decade of winter darkness, Saturn's north pole is home to an unexpected hot spot remarkably similar to one at the planet's sunny south pole.
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»» Dione on 4 January 2008
[Sunday, January 6, 2008] This image was taken on January 04, 2008 and received on Earth January 05, 2008. The camera was pointing toward Dione at approximately 328,639 kilometers away.
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»» Saturn on 4 January 2008
[Sunday, January 6, 2008] This image was taken on January 02, 2008 and received on Earth January 03, 2008. The camera was pointing toward Saturn at approximately 871,447 kilometers away.
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»» Cassini Significant Events 12/26/07 - 01/01/08
[Sunday, January 6, 2008] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, Jan. 1, from the Goldstone tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» NASA Cassini Image: Radar Images Titan's South Pole
[Wednesday, January 9, 2008] This synthetic aperture radar image was obtained by the Cassini spacecraft on its recent pass by Titan's south pole on Dec. 20, 2007.
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»» Wisp-covered Rhea
[Wednesday, January 9, 2008] Wispy markings on Rhea reach across the moon's icy surface. The Tirawa impact basin is seen straddling the terminator at upper right. The crater is about 360 kilometers (220 miles) across.
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»» Warp Zone
[Wednesday, January 9, 2008] Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) is seen here between the A and F rings. Close to the planet, the image of the rings is slightly distorted by Saturn's upper atmosphere.
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»» Rough, Icy Mimas
[Wednesday, January 9, 2008] The Cassini spacecraft views the rugged surface of Mimas -- half lit by the Sun, and half lit by reflected light from Saturn. On the sunlit western limb lies the great Herschel impact crater.
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»» Favorite Cassini Image Contest Draws Space Enthusiasts, And Winners, From Across The Globe
[Wednesday, January 9, 2008] Thousands of enthusiastic fans of Cassini have chosen a color picture of a tiny, dot-like planet Earth, cradled by Saturn's rings during a total solar eclipse, as the most popular image of all those so far returned by the Cassini mission.
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»» Daphnis and Pan
[Monday, January 14, 2008] Saturn's two ring-embedded moons are pictured here, along with clearly visible signs of their perturbing effects on the ring edges that border the gaps they inhabit.
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»» Epimetheus Revealed
[Monday, January 14, 2008] The Cassini spacecraft's close flyby of Epimetheus in December 2007 returned detailed images of the moon's south polar region.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events for 01/09/08 - 01/15/08
[Monday, January 21, 2008] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, Jan. 15, from the Madrid tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» NASA Cassini Image: Rebounded Craters
[Saturday, January 26, 2008] The Cassini spacecraft surveys the southern hemisphere on Dione's anti-Saturn side, spying a broad impact basin near bottom.
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»» NASA Cassini Image: North on Rhea
[Saturday, January 26, 2008] The Cassini spacecraft looks down onto middle northern latitudes on Rhea. The large Tirawa basin is seen on the terminator at right.
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»» NASA Cassini Image: Peering Through the Plane
[Saturday, January 26, 2008] The Cassini spacecraft looks down onto middle northern latitudes on Rhea. The large Tirawa basin is seen on the terminator at right.
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»» NASA Cassini Image: Pan in View
[Sunday, January 27, 2008] A small ring-embedded moon coasts into view from behind shadow-draped Saturn. The rings' image is distorted near Saturn by the planet's upper atmosphere, to the right of Pan (26 kilometers, or 16 miles across).
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»» NASA Cassini Image: Detached Haze
[Sunday, January 27, 2008] The Cassini spacecraft peers closely at the layers of organic haze in Titan's upper atmosphere during a recent flyby.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events for 01/16/08 - 01/22/08
[Tuesday, January 29, 2008] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, January 22, from the Goldstone tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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