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This illustration shows Saturn's icy moon Enceladus with a buildup of ice particles, water vapor, and organic molecules ejected from cracks in the moon's south polar region. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Saturn's surprise: NASA discovered an energy source and a basic molecule for life on Enceladus

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In the new study, evidence for additional sources of chemical energy, much stronger and more diverse than methane production, was discovered: a group of organic compounds was found that were oxidized, and this points to many chemical pathways for the existence of potential life in the subsurface ocean of Enceladus, because oxidation helps to release chemical energy.
An artist's impression of the Cassini spacecraft flying through plumes erupting from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. These geysers are very similar to geysers and emit a mixture of water vapor, ice grains, salts, methane and other organic molecules. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The Webb Space Telescope discovers a 10,000 km long plume of water erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus

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This is the first time that such an emission of water has been seen from such a great distance, and in addition, the web allows researchers a direct view, for the first time, of how this emission feeds the water supply of the entire system of Saturn and its rings
Jupiter's Great Red Spot as captured by Juno's camera lens. Its size is the size of the earth

How deep is the most famous spot in the solar system

Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and their partners on NASA's Juno space mission have revealed a series of new findings about the planet Jupiter and found a surprising similarity to Earth
This is how the planets will look on Monday evening (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/TNS)

Today's reminder this afternoon is a rare conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter

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At the time of conjunction, both planets will be seen in the west direction, just after sunset over the southwestern horizon close to the setting sun. The next closest cluster - in March 2080 * And how does this relate to the way we discover planets outside the solar system?
The composition of the planet Saturn. Courtesy of the researchers, based on a NASA image.

The final mission of the Cassini spacecraft: revealing the depth of Saturn's atmosphere

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Cassini's imager plunges into the gap between Saturn and its rings, in the final phase of its 20-year mission in space. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Saturn's rings will disappear within 100 million years

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The Cassini spacecraft in the vicinity of Saturn and its rings. Image: NASA/JPL.

2017 in space - the end of the Cassini mission to Saturn

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A simulation of the Dragonfly mission proposal, to send a rover that could fly through the dense and icy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. Source: APL/Mike Carroll.

Which spacecraft will succeed Cassini in exploring the secrets of Saturn and its moons?

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Cassini's imager plunges into the gap between Saturn and its rings, in the final phase of its 20-year mission in space. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Cassini Huygens crashed on Saturn, took pictures until the last moment

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Cassini's imager plunges into the gap between Saturn and its rings, in the final phase of its 20-year mission in space. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

The farewell mission of Cassini - NASA's most beloved spacecraft

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Cassini imaging during the dive between Saturn and its rings. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Cassini discovered that the space between Saturn and its rings is almost completely free of dust particles

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Cassini imaging during the dive between Saturn and its rings. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Cassini successfully completed its first dive between Saturn and its rings

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Water vapor and mineral particles drift into space from the surface of the moon Enceladus, one of the icy moons orbiting Saturn. Metamorphoses hint at the existence of an ocean beneath the ice and the fascinating possibility that it contains life. Artist rendering: NASA / David Seal.

Is there life on one of Saturn's icy moons?

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from Athens Source: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

On Mathon, a tiny moon of Saturn

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Saturn's moon Helen, as photographed by Cassini from 2011. Source: NASA.

on Saturn's moon Helen

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Enlarged section of the photograph. Source: NASA / Image editing - Ph0705, wikimedia.

Daphnis, a moon of Saturn, revealed in a new Cassini image

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One of the new close-up photos taken by Cassini on December 18, 2016. This photo shows part of Cassini's A ring, the outer of its two large rings, and is approximately 134 km from the planet. The photo was taken from a distance of 56,000 km . On the left side of the image you can see the route known by NASA as "straw", caused by small clusters of the tiny ice particles that make up Saturn's rings. The straw itself is visible on top of waves in the ring, which are created by the gravitational influence of the moons Epimetheus and Janus. In the rest The image shows the gravitational "traces" of the moon Pan.Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.

Saturn's rings are revealed in unprecedented detail in new Cassini images

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Pandora's new photography. Source: NASA.

Pandora, a small moon of Saturn, has been revealed in new Cassini images

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Saturn's rings as photographed by the Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Cassini will approach the rings on the last mission before crashing into Saturn

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Left: An image of Saturn's rings as photographed by the Cassini spacecraft. Right: Image of the rings of Uranus as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo: NASA / JPL / STScI

Has the mystery of the formation of Saturn's rings been solved?

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Saturn's moon Epimetheus as photographed on December 6, 2015 by the Cassini spacecraft. Photo: NASA

NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows: three moons of Saturn in one day

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A study by Helled, Galanti and Kaspi published in Nature determines the rotation time of Saturn (Credit: Helled et al)

Israeli researchers accurately measured the length of the day on Saturn: "It is amazing to see that in 2015 we still lack basic details about bodies in the solar system"

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Storms on Saturn. Photo: NASA

Saturn - new findings part two

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Saturn's Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream in Artificial Colors. Photo: NASA's Cassini spacecraft

New findings from Saturn - part one

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Titan. Photo: NASA/The Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Karl Kopod

Surfing Titan / Clara Moskowitz

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