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Earth's Moon
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September 17, 2004
Earth's Moon
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: This mosaic combines views captured by Cassini as it made the first dive of the mission's Grand Finale on April 26, 2017, and shows details in bands and swirls in the atmosphere.
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SDO collected images of the rarest predictable solar event—the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun in 2012.
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The small moon Mimas passes in front of the larger moon Rhea, which is partly obscured by Saturn's rings, in this movie from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Parker Solar Probe
This colorful spectrogram represents data collected by Cassini's Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument as it crossed through Saturn's D ring on May 28, 2017.
Cassini's First D-Ring Crossing
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After a 15-year wait, equinox arrived at Saturn and Cassini was there to witness the spectacle of light and shadow.
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This animated sequence of images, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows changes in the brightness of the Enceladus plume during a 6.5-hour observation.
Changing View of the Enceladus Plume
The interaction of the solar wind with the Martian moon Phobos creates a complex electrical environment that could impact future exploration.
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This visualization of the Apollo 17 landing site uses real lunar orbiter data to retrace the paths of the astronauts during their three days of exploration.
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