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Whats Up? February 3, 2014

Source: NASA/JPL
Published: February 3, 2014

See all the planets, plus mission updates from comet and asteroid missions Dawn and Rosetta.

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One of the glittering trails caused by small objects punching through Saturn's F ring is highlighted in this movie from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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One of the glittering trails caused by small objects punching through Saturn's F ring is highlighted in this movie from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Glittering Trail in Saturn's F Ring (Narrated)
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first glimpse of Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989.
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NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first glimpse of Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989.
Triton Video
A shortened, 54-second version of Cassini's Grand Finale animation showing the spacecraft's final moments.
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A short animated video showing Cassini's plunge into Saturn.
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What can you see in the February sky? Stars and planets with distinct red and blue colors, like Mars and Sirius.
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Video about what to see in the night sky.
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This is an animated artist interpretation of the area surrounding the Huygens landing site, based on images and data returned Jan. 14, 2005.
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Artist's interpretation of Huygens on Titan
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Here is a rover's eye view of driving, scooping and drilling during Curiosity's first year on Mars, August 2012 through July 2013.
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Here is a rover's eye view of driving, scooping and drilling during Curiosity's first year on Mars, August 2012 through July 2013.
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We are going to the Moon, to stay, by 2024. And this is how. 
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Short video explaining NASA's plans to send a woman and a man to the Moon by 2024.
We Are Going
Flight across Titan
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Flight across Titan
Flight across Titan
Earth's Moon  
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Earth's Moon
Earth's Moon
Bob Anderson describes his work as a geologist who helps design and uses robots to collect data about Mars.
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Bob Anderson describes his work as a geologist who helps design and uses robots to collect data about Mars.
Through the Eyes of Scientists - Meet Bob Anderson
A simplified model of Jupiter's massive magnetic field, known as a  magnetosphere.
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Colorful video visualization showing the lines of the massive magnetic bubble that surrounds Jupiter.
Jupiter's Magnetic Field Visualization
The sequence of seven images in this animation shows sunspots as viewed by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from June 27 to July 8, 2015. From Mars, the rover was in position to see the opposite side of...
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The sequence of seven images as viewed by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from June 27 to July 8, 2015. From Mars, the rover was in position to see the opposite side of the Sun from the side facing Earth during this period.
Tracking Sunspots from Mars, Summer 2015
In this Voyager Update from the night of the Neptune encounter (25 August 1989), now Voyager Project Manager, Suzy Dodd speaks with such guests as Jay Holberg and Bill Kurth concerning the Voyager ...
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In this Voyager Update from the night of the Neptune encounter (25 August 1989), now Voyager Project Manager, Suzy Dodd speaks with such guests as Jay Holberg and Bill Kurth concerning the Voyager results.
Voyager 2 Neptune Encounter with Suzy Dodd
Ranger 9 was the last of the Ranger series of spacecraft launched in the 1960s to explore the moon and was designed to image and impact the moon's crater Alphonsus. This video from 1965 includes im...
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1965 black-and-white video showing ranger trajectory and images from moon
Ranger 9
This Cassini movie -- the first of its kind -- shows lightning on Saturn's night side flashing in a cloud that is illuminated by light from Saturn's rings.
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Lightning Flashing on Saturn
Lightning Flashing on Saturn
This infrared movie from NASA's Cassini mission shows the churning of the curious six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole known as "the hexagon."
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Saturn hexagon
Hexagon in Silhouette
This simulated voyage over the surface of Neptune's large moon Triton was produced using topographic maps derived from images acquired by NASA's Voyager spacecraft during its August 1989 flyby, 20 ...
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This simulated voyage over the surface of Neptune's large moon Triton was produced using topographic maps derived from images acquired by NASA's Voyager spacecraft during its August 1989 flyby, 20 years ago this week.
Flight Over Triton
This animation, derived from data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, shows how plasma swirling around Saturn is correlated to bursts of radio waves emanating from the planet.
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This animation, derived from data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, shows how plasma swirling around Saturn is correlated to bursts of radio waves emanating from the planet.
Saturn Plasma and Radio Waves, as Seen by Cassini
Io Color Eclipse
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Io Color Eclipse
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The most prominent jets of vapor and icy particles emerging from the south polar terrain of Saturn’s moon Enceladus are shown here in graphical form in a movie clip of a “rotating” Enceladus.
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Enceladus' Jets
Enceladus' Jets
This movie, made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn's southern aurora shimmering over approximately 20 hours as the planet rotates.
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This movie shows Saturn's southern aurora shimmering over approximately 20 hours as the planet rotates.
Dancing Southern Lights of Saturn
Animated Spacecraft
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Animated Spacecraft
Animated Spacecraft
What might a wet Mars have looked like? This artist's concept attempts to fill in the blanks.
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Animation shows Mars go from a wet world to a dry one.
Mars: Wet to Dry Animation
The heavens often seem vast and unchanging as seen from Earth, but movement in the skies is the norm. The relative motions of both Cassini and Enceladus over a 15-minute period create the movement ...
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Nevertheless, It Moves
Cassini scientist Dr. Kevin Baines discusses Saturn's Cyclones.
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Kevin Baines
Kevin Baines on Saturn's Cyclones

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