Most people think that many millions of years ago, Saturn didn’t have rings at all. Instead, it had a big moon moving around it. Eventually, the moon burst and broke into pieces.
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As Cassini’s titanic mission comes to an end, we need to start thinking ahead. A combined mission to explore Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus would be a good place to start.
The last signals from Cassini space probe before it burns up in Saturn’s atmosphere will tracked by the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.
The Cassini space probe discovered liquid lakes, poisonous gases and the basic elements of life on Saturn’s moon, Titan.
The Cassini space probe took us up close and through the beautiful rings of Saturn. It captured some amazing images, and even the sound of the rings during its mission.
The Cassini space probe discovered several new moons on its mission to Saturn, and revealed fresh views of the moons we already knew about.
With only days to go before NASA’s Cassini space probe ends its two-decade mission to explore Saturn, what has it revealed about the ringed planet, the second largest in our solar system?
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Deep Space Network Operations Supervisor, CSIRO
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Facilities Program Director Nasa Operations Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex , CSIRO
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Program Manager / Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Outreach Manager, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, CSIRO