Based on data from the Cassini spacecraft mission, a Southwest Research Institute scientist has uncovered evidence of a liquid internal ocean on a tiny moon of Saturn called Mimas.
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The Last Images From Doomed Space Probes
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To all the space probes we’ve loved before: sorry! You fell into Saturn, drifted into deep space, suffocated in Martian dust all for the greater good of science. Today, we’re memorialising the space explorers that met dramatic endings far, far from Earth.
Cassini, Saturn
Cassini, after orbiting Saturn for 13 fruitful years, was decommissioned in 2017 in one of the most epic ways imaginable, as NASA engineers instructed the probe to plunge directly into the ringed planet. During its lifespan, Cassini illuminated alien realms where methane runs like water and geysers of ice blast into space. It also captured the hauntingly beautiful dance of Saturn’s moons, at least two of which Titan and Enceladus could potentially harbour life.
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