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Saturn"s Insides Are Sloshing Around

A new paper suggests Saturn's core is more like a fluid than a solid, and makes up more of the planet's interior than we thought. From a report: With its massive rings stretching out 175,000 miles in diameter, Saturn is a one-of-a-kind planet in the.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotAug 17th, 2021

NASA InSight study finds Mars is spinning faster

Scientists have made the most precise measurements ever of Mars's rotation, for the first time detecting how the planet wobbles due to the "sloshing" of its molten metal core. The findings, detailed in a recent Nature paper, rely on data from NASA's.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 7th, 2023

A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth

Rivers have flowed on two other worlds in the solar system besides Earth: Mars, where dry tracks and craters are all that's left of ancient rivers and lakes, and Titan, Saturn's largest moon, where rivers of liquid methane still flow today......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJul 10th, 2023

Pixel Fold teardown reveals the guts of Google’s $1,800 phone

See the insides of the thinnest US foldable with the biggest battery. Behold the insides of the Pixel Fold. It's cramped in there. (Full disclosure, this is a composite of the.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 7th, 2023

Saturn as you’ve never seen it before, captured by Webb telescope

NASA has used the Webb telescope's special camera to capture an amazing image of Saturn in new work that could help deepen our understanding of the planet......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJul 3rd, 2023

Mars has liquid guts and strange insides, InSight suggests

Wobbles in its rotation are difficult to explain without a liquid core. Enlarge / Artist's view of what InSight looked like after landing. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Mars appears to be a frozen expanse of red dust, gapin.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 2nd, 2023

Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope

Webb turned its gold-coated mirror toward Saturn this week. Enlarge / Saturn stars in this near-infrared image taken June 25 by the James Webb Space Telescope. (credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STSci) The James Webb Space Telescope.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 1st, 2023

New image from James Webb Space Telescope reveals astonishing Saturn and its rings

Get ready to be amazed by the latest James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image. Saturn's iconic rings seem to glow eerily in this incredible infrared picture, which also unveils unexpected features in Saturn's atmosphere......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 30th, 2023

NASA’s skywatching tips for July feature stars called Regulus and Fomalhaut

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and stars feature in NASA's latest roundup of ideas on what to look out for in the night sky over the coming weeks......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 30th, 2023

An element essential to life discovered on one of Saturn"s moons, raising hopes of finding alien microbes

Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm water seeps out of the rocky core.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 18th, 2023

NASA finds key building block for life in a moon of Saturn

The long hunt for extraterrestrials just got a big boost......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 18th, 2023

The search for habitable moons in the solar system is heating up

Recent research has found phosphorus, one of the building blocks for life, at Saturn's icy moon Enceladus......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 15th, 2023

Key building block for life found at Saturn"s moon Enceladus

The search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system just got more exciting. A team of scientists including Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Christopher Glein has discovered new evidence that the subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus cont.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 14th, 2023

Megaplume of water vapor erupting on Enceladus caught by Webb Telescope

Enceladus' rapid orbit and large geysers spread water widely near Saturn. Enlarge / A close up of Enceladus (inset) and a wide-field view of the geysers it creates. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and G. Villanueva) Ence.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 14th, 2023

James Webb spots huge plumes of water from Saturn’s moon Enceladus

The entire moon of Enceladus is just over 300 miles across. And yet the plume Webb observed spanned more than 6,000 miles......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 3rd, 2023

NASA’s June skywatching tips include Mars in the Beehive

NASA's skywatching tips for June include the spectacle of Mars among the Beehive Cluster, and Saturn and Jupiter rising with the crescent moon......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 2nd, 2023

One spacecraft could visit all of Saturn"s inner large moons

If you've ever played Kerbal Space Program, you know how difficult it can be to get your spacecraft into the orbit you want. It's even more difficult in real life. This is why it's pretty impressive to see a proposal to study all of Saturn's large in.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 31st, 2023

Webb telescope finds towering plume of water escaping from one of Saturn"s moons

Two Southwest Research Institute scientists were part of a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team that observed a towering plume of water vapor more than 6,000 miles long—roughly the distance from the U.S. to Japan—spewing from the surface of Sat.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 30th, 2023

JWST Spots Biggest Water Plume Yet Spewing from a Moon of Saturn

The huge watery cloud spurting from Enceladus could carry the ingredients for life farther into space than previously known.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2023

Saturn takes the crown for planet with the most moons

Previously, Jupiter was the champion with its 95 known moons, but Saturn has pulled into the lead thanks to the recent discovery of 62 new moons there......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 18th, 2023

Check out the latest version of Tesla Bot in video update

A new video from Tesla features the latest version of the Tesla Bot, the company’s humanoid robot that could one day be deployed insides its factories......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 17th, 2023