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Cassini Update

Candice Hansen
Published: September 22, 2006

An update on findings from Cassini's latest flyby of Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

Candice Hansen, Titan discipline scientist.

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Dawn XMO2 Image 6
Dawn XMO2 Image 6
The cratered moon Mimas appears as if it has been hung like an ornament above Saturn's rings in this Cassini spacecraft image. The spacecraft was closer to Mimas than to the rings when this image ...
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The cratered moon Mimas and Saturn's rings
Mimas Globe
The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument onboard Cassini has found an unusual bright, red spot on Titan. This dramatic color (but not true color) image was taken during the April 16...
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Image of an unusual bright, red spot on Titan
Red Spot on Titan
Cloud streaks stand out on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The tropospheric clouds seen in the lower left of the image are located at 45 to 55 degrees south latitude on Titan, and the streaks of the...
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Streaking Through the South
On May 6, 2012, Cassini’s cameras caught an arresting view of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, drifting before the planet.
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A World All Its Own
Prometheus is seen near Saturn's tenuous F ring as the moon orbits in the Roche Division, between the F and A rings. The gravity of potato-shaped Prometheus (86 kilometers, or 53 miles across) per...
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Prometheus is seen near Saturn's tenuous F ring as the moon orbits in the Roche Division, between the F and A rings.
Between the Lines
This colorful view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER's primary mission.
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From the Dark Side December 10, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06529 As Cassini swung around to the dark side of the planet during its first close ...
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From the Dark Side
From the Dark Side
Beside the swirling face of Saturn floats a small, icy attendant. Mimas (397 kilometers, or 247 miles across) hovers near its giant parent, beyond the gleaming, sunlit rings. This view looks towa...
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Saturn's rings and the moon Mimas
Regarding Mimas
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Storm Alley
Storm Alley
This artist's concept shows a simulated view from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Europa's potentially rough, icy surface, tinged with reddish areas that scientists hope to learn more about, ...
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This artist's concept shows a simulated view from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Europa's potentially rough, icy surface, tinged with reddish areas that scientists hope to learn more about, can be seen in the foreground.
Simulated View from Europa's Surface (Artist's Concept)
The first and last image taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft while in orbit at Mercury.
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The surface of Mercury.
From the First to the Last
A line of dark vortices charge through Saturn's "Storm Alley" -- a region that has seen intensive storm activity since the Cassini spacecraft began its observations of the planet in early 2004. Th...
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A line of dark vortices charge through Saturn's "Storm Alley"
Swirling Storms
On Oct. 24, 2016, NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured the low angle of illumination bringing this pair of nested craters near Ceres' south pole into sharp relief.
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Dawn XMO2 Image 31
Dawn XMO2 Image 31
Rhea displays a prominent scar in this view from Cassini. A large and ancient impact basin can be seen at upper right. The giant feature occurs within a terrain that appears rugged and which likel...
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Rhea
Reminder of Ages Past
In this image, Cassini sees Saturn and the rings through a haze of Sun glare on the camera lens.
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Saturn and the rings through a haze of Sun glare on the camera lens
Glare on the 'Window'
This 2006 image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows bands and a new dark spot in Uranus' atmosphere.
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This 2006 image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows bands and a new dark spot in Uranus' atmosphere.
Hubble's Uranus
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Cassini Near-Infrared Noodle Mosaic of Saturn
Diversity on Titan October 28, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06988 This radar image of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan was acquired on October 26,...
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Diversity on Titan
Diversity on Titan
Tethys' dark equatorial band is seen in natural color on the moon's leading hemisphere. The largest impact basin on Tethys, Odysseus (400 kilometers, or 250 miles, across), appears on the left. I...
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Tethys' Subtle Hues
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Dawn Spacecraft
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The moon Tethys is upstaged by two smaller moons in this movie from Cassini.
Moons in Motion
This synthetic aperture radar image was obtained by the Cassini spacecraft on its recent pass by Titan's south pole on Dec. 20, 2007. This portion of the (T39) swath is of the region extending f...
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Titan
Radar Images Titan's South Pole
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Atlas Up Close
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