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Daytime lightning spotted on Saturn

Last Updated: Thursday, July 19, 2012, 11:36

Scientists have for the first time detected lightning in visible wavelengths on the side of Saturn illuminated by the Sun.

Gas clouds over Titan reveal changing seasons on Saturn’s moon

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 11:12

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected a concentration of high-altitude haze and a vortex materializing at the south pole of planet’s largest moon Titan.

What powers Saturn`s turbulent jet streams revealed

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 12:41

Scientists have finally discovered the mechanism that drives turbulent jet streams in Saturn’s atmosphere and the source from which the jets derive their energy, thanks to NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

Blazing trails in Saturn’s F-ring captured

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 14:17

New images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show rogue kilometre-sized objects punching through Saturn’s F-ring and leaving glittering trails - dubbed ‘mini-jets’ - behind them.

Saturn’s gravity `stresses` icy moon’s erupting jets

Last Updated: Sunday, March 25, 2012, 15:18

Astronomers have long been intrigued by the huge fissures on the Enceladus’ ice-covered surface that eject plumes of water vapour and icy particles.

Jupiter`s jet streams get thrown off course

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 13:16

Scientists have for the first time identified direct wave motion in one of Jupiter’s jet streams.

Regional variations observed amongst Titan’s dunes

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 12:42

Titan`s dune terrains tend to vary in shape, size and distribution over the surface, a new study has revealed.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn storm

Last Updated: Thursday, July 7, 2011, 18:37

Cassini first detected the storm on December 5, 2010, that has been raging ever since. It appears at approximately 35 degrees north latitude on Saturn.