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  • Jul. 17, 2009 | 11:34 PDT | 18:34 UTC
    The rest of Enceladus
    by Zibi Turtle That Saturn's little moon Enceladus has active plumes venting material from its south pole is incredibly exciting. Perhaps even more intriguing, however, is that the activity is so localized and that Enceladus' surface exhibits such... More»
  • Jul. 16, 2009 | 15:36 PDT | 22:36 UTC
    LAX's Planet Parade -- Part 2
    by Kelly Beatty You'll recall from a couple of weeks ago I have been hot on the trail of a most curious solar-system display at the Los Angeles International Airport. After some more digging, I can now relate the rest of the story. It turns out... More»
  • Jul. 15, 2009 | 22:01 PDT | Jul. 16 05:01 UTC
    Climb Aboard Apollo 11 Time Machine
    by Susan Lendroth Grab your bell bottoms and Tang, and travel back to 1969 when Apollo 11's journey to the Moon captivated the world, and Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's boot prints in the lunar dust transformed us into a multi-world... More»
  • Jul. 15, 2009 | 14:07 PDT | 21:07 UTC
    Why Titan is so exciting
    by Zibi Turtle Zibi Turtle is a research scientist in the Planetary Exploration group at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab. She is an associate of Cassini's imaging team and member of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team. Her... More»
  • Jul. 15, 2009 | 11:39 PDT | 18:39 UTC
    Planetary Society Opens Dialog with Augustine Committee
    by Susan Lendroth Yesterday, in an invited presentation, Planetary Society Executive Director, Louis Friedman, laid out the Roadmap for Human Space Exploration to the presidentially appointed Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee,... More»
  • Jul. 15, 2009 | 10:03 PDT | 17:03 UTC
    Moonfest and MoonPies on July 19
    by Susan Lendroth If you live in northern California, celebrate all things lunar at Moonfest, held July 19 at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. "Moonfest 2009: From Apollo to LCROSS, and Beyond" is a free festival for the... More»
  • Jul. 13, 2009 | 13:31 PDT | 20:31 UTC
    Icy Satellites of the Saturnian System, University College London, 29-30 June 2009
    by Anne Verbiscer Fun with Saturn Images Credit: Geraint Jones, UCL Following the Cassini Project Science Group meeting in London last month, several icy satellite scientists met for two days to discuss their recent results and plan for... More»
  • Jul. 11, 2009 | 15:03 PDT | 22:03 UTC
    More Solar Eclipses Viewed from Moons
    by Anne Verbiscer Central to the Enigma of Enceladus are the fantastic plumes of water vapor and ice that emanate from the "tiger stripe" fractures, or sulci, at the moon's south pole. Interestingly, the plumes have yet to be seen by Cassini's... More»
  • Jul. 6, 2009 | 17:53 PDT | Jul. 7 00:53 UTC
    Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Tonight
    by Anne Verbiscer Anne Verbiscer is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Virginia. She studies the surfaces of icy bodies in the outer Solar System and has been involved with the Cassini mission to Saturn since 2007. Currently a... More»
  • Jul. 6, 2009 | 15:42 PDT | 22:42 UTC
    LAX's Planet Parade -- Part 1
    by Kelly Beatty My entire science-writing career has focused on our solar system, and understandably I find myself drawn to anything having to do with planets. From Armageddon and Deep Impact to Sun-and-Moon coffee mugs, I'm into it. So imagine my... More»