Astro-Challenge: See Saturn’s Moons in 1 to 7 Order.

 
    This week’s challenge may also give you a unique photographic opportunity. On the evening of July 31st (my birthday!) Saturn’s moons will be in 1 to 7 order. This will occur from 6:45 to 11:15 Universal Time, and favor viewers in Australia and the Far East. Later in the evening over North America, only speedy [...]

05.11.09:A Low Pass of Enceladus.

Cassini has completed another close reconnaissance pass of one of Saturn’s most intriguing moons; Enceladus. On November 2nd at 7:40 AM UTC, Cassini passed 62 miles above the icy surface of the south polar region, completing a carefully timed plunge through one of its liquid plumes. This was one of its most comprehensive passes of [...]

24.10.09: Enceladan Seas?

Move over Europa ; yet another moon may harbor a subsurface sea. Saturn’s moon Enceladus has been inching its way up the charts as of late as a candidate world for extraterrestrial life. Barely 300 miles in diameter, the tiny world is repeatedly flexed by Saturn’s gravity and an increased orbital eccentricity pumped up by [...]

AstroNews & Notes: September 2008.

Eve: Spaceship II. (Credit: Virgin Galactic).
Virgin Galactic 2.0: Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan recently unveiled Virgin Galactics’ newest flagship; Mother ship “Eve,”