Spacefarers may contaminate other worlds—but scientists have plans to keep the cosmos clean
In his inauguration speech in January, United States President Donald Trump declared the US would "plant the stars and ...
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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft found a remarkable similarity between Earth and Saturn’s moon Titan
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft went on a long and treacherous mission that ended last year in spectacular fashion. The large space explorer dove into Saturn’s atmosphere, exploded into flames ...
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Is dark matter's main rival theory dead? The Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests may invalidate MOND
This brings us to the Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn between 2004 and its final fiery crash into the planet in 2017. Saturn orbits the sun at 10 AU. Due to a quirk of MOND, the gravity from ...
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Understanding Titan's Interior and History Through Tidal Friction
What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science ...
6 stunning images of Jupiter captured by NASA
This image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures several storms in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere (Figure A). Titanic blasts created by the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments left Jupiter with ...
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Cassini: Saturn probe turns towards its death plunge
The international Cassini spacecraft at Saturn has executed the course correction that will send it to destruction at the end of the week. The probe flew within 120,000km of the giant moon Titan ...
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Cassini Spacecraft Attitude Control and Navigation
The Cassini spacecraft, which explored Saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017, relied heavily on sophisticated attitude control and navigation systems to achieve its scientific objectives.