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Hunting for Fossils on Europa
If extraterrestrial life exists on Jupiter's moon Europa, instead of deploying probes to drill past its ice shell to look for aliens in the ocean below, one might just go fossil-hunting on the icy surface.

Mysterious Flash on Jupiter Left no Debris Cloud
Detailed observations made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found an answer to the flash of light seen June 3 on Jupiter.

Hubble Images Suggest Rogue Asteorid Smacked Jupiter
A mystery object struck Jupiter on July 19, 2009, leaving a dark bruise the size of the Pacific Ocean. The spot first caught the eye of an amateur astronomer in Australia, and soon, observatories around the world.

Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System
Engineers have shifted NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft into a mode that transmits only spacecraft health and status data while they diagnose an unexpected change in the pattern of returning data.

Juno Taking Shape in Denver
Juno Taking Shape in Denver

Helium Rain on Jupiter Explains Lack of Neon in Atmosphere
On Earth, helium is a gas used to float balloons. In the interior of Jupiter, however, conditions are so strange that, according to predictions by University of California, Berkeley, scientists, helium condenses into droplets and falls like rain.



Saturn Today Top Stories
Saturn Today - Saturn News as it Happens

NASA Cassini Significant Events 08/11/10 - 08/17/10
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Aug. 17 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

NASA Cassini Significant Events 08/04/10 - 08/10/10
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Aug. 10 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Goldstone, California. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

Hunting Tigers on Enceladus with Night Vision
Cassini will be hunting for heat signatures at the "tiger stripes" in the dim south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Aug. 13. The closest approach will bring the spacecraft to within about 2,500 km (1,600 mi) of the surface of Enceladus.

Mountain Growth on Saturn's Moon Titan
Saturn's moon Titan ripples with mountains, and scientists have been trying to figure out how they form. The best explanation, it turns out, is that Titan is shrinking as it cools, wrinkling up the moon's surface like a raisin.

NASA Cassini Significant Events 07/28/10 - 08/03/10
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on August 3 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Madrid, Spain. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

NASA Cassini Significant Events 07/21/10 - 07/27/10
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on July 26 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.