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Cloud inexplicably changed its colour.In the atmosphere of Saturn about 30 years ago scientists found a spot of enormous size, having the shape of a hexagon. During the latest observations they found that the cloud inexplicably changed its colour. Hexagonal spot in the planet’s atmosphere is located on the Northern …

The rings of Saturn, Neptune and Uranus appeared from the broken planets.The rings of Saturn, Neptune and Uranus are composed of fragments of dwarf planets, which are very long-got too close to the planets-giants, and they were destroyed, according to Japanese scientists Their hypothesis, they present the study in the …

The rings of Saturn consist of more than 95 percent of the ice particles. Planetary rings which surround Saturn, Neptune and Uranus were formed four billion years ago, when large objects were very close to the planets and were destroyed. To such conclusions scientists have come, trying to figure out …

In the upper layers of the atmosphere of Titan began to form a powerful cyclone.Scientists first saw the winter coming on Saturn’s moon Titan. According to the website NASA, the researchers noticed the atmospheric change in the southern hemisphere of the satellite, where the upper layers of the atmosphere began …

On the moon of Saturn found a potentially habitable ocean.A team of scientists from the Royal Observatory in Brussels (Belgium) published the results of a study showing that dione (Dione), a moon of Saturn may have under ice oceans. The research report can be found in the scientific journal Geophysical …

A similar glow had noticed before another moon of Saturn – Enceladus. Space Agency NASA on the surface of the satellite of the planet Saturn dione has found an unknown illumination, which may be the ocean. Image unique education at one of the moons managed to get with the help …

Opening managed to do with the help of special probe Cassini–Huygens. Space Agency NASA found on the moon of Saturn dione abnormal glow, which can be a symptom of an active ocean underneath the surface of the satellite. Opening managed to do with the help of special probe Cassini–Huygens. The …

Clouds on Titan are formed not, as suggested by scientists. Researchers at NASA using the space station Cassini found on Saturn’s moon Titan, the mysterious cloud, which consists of a mixture of carbon and nitrogen, known as acetildenafil (C4N2). This ingredient in the chemical cocktail stains the atmosphere of Titan …

Station fixed spot light on the ring of Saturn.Station, Cassini transmitted to Earth the spot of light that appeared on the ring of Saturn. As reported on the NASA site, such spots are an example of the “opposition surge”, which leads to the formation of the glow effect. “The opposition …

Canyons of Titan are filled with methane, has about kilometers wide and 570 meters deep. Scientists were able to confirm the existence on Titan of a system of canyons filled with liquid hydrocarbons. Thanks to the Cassini spacecraft scientists were able to examine the channels View (Vid Flumina), located near …