#May2012

Close-Up of Saturn’s Moon Dione Reveals Pock Marks, But She Is Still A Beautiful Bitty.

Hell of a picture right hurr, taken by Cassini. Check out a close-up of Saturn’s moon Dione, with all sorts of interesting things happening in the back ground.

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Video: GORGEOUS SPACE FOOTAGE Is Solar System Swoon

Sander van den Berg has created this stunning cosmic moment. Compiling photographs from the Cassini and Voyager missions, he’s created a video of our solar system bound to make the tits tighten. In an awesome way.

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JUPITER IS ENORMOUS. Here’s A Photo Reminder.

That gorgeous piece of insignificance being eaten up in the frame by Jupiter is Io. That moon is almost the same size as our own, and serves as a reminder of Jupiter’s enormity.

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Oxygen Discovered Around Saturn’s Moon Dione. Spacegasm ++

Man, Cassini keeps paying dividends. According to a new report published in a fancy pants science thing journal, the spacecraft has detected oxygen around Dione.

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Saturn’s Moon Helene Is A Shy One!

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A couple of days ago, Cassini zipped past Helene. It was a relatively close to this moon of Saturn, and it snapped this sexy picture. Relatively close being 4,300 miles, which is like nothing in cosmic-universeo-wunder-terms.

Cassini’s Saturn Pictures Turned Into Gorgeous Video.

The spacecraft Cassini has been rocking around Saturn for seven years, taking thousands of pictures and making geeks like me swoon. Apparent fellow geek and talented videographer  Chris Abbas took all the images and make a video out of it, set to some fittingly haunting Nine Inch Nails.

Hit the jump to check it out.

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Saturn’s Moon Rhea Is A Camera Hog, But She’s Pretty So It Works.

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Check out Saturn’s moon Rhea in this picture. Stylin’, profilin’. Dominating the picture taking by Cassini, Rhea is hard to miss. This picture ain’t hers alone though, no sir. It’s a veritable gathering of Saturn’s family.

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Saturn Is Linked To Its Moon Enceladus By An Electron Beam. Righteous.

If you’re ever feeling dulled with reality, just follow some fucking astronomy news. It’ll moisten your science-fiction glands, infusing you with the knowledge that the universe is fucking awesome. Take for example: Saturn is linked to its moon Enceladus by a fucking electron beam.

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Titan Has Methane Rainstorms and Floods. Awesome.

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Titan, Saturn’s largest moon has itself a very Earthlike geography. Sure, it’s poisonous as all fuck, but it’s got methane lakes, sand dunes, and a thick atmosphere. As well, Astronomical Wizards believe the son of a bitch has seasonal rainstorms and flooding to boot.

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Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Is A Sexy Ball Of Ice.

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Check out this gorgeous picture of Enceladus that Cassini has snapped. Also note Saturn’s rings, lurking in the background.

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