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Hunting for Fossils on Europa
If extraterrestrial life exists on Jupiter's moon Europa, instead of deploying probes to drill past its ice shell to look for aliens in the ocean below, one might just go fossil-hunting on the icy surface.

Mysterious Flash on Jupiter Left no Debris Cloud
Detailed observations made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found an answer to the flash of light seen June 3 on Jupiter.

Hubble Images Suggest Rogue Asteorid Smacked Jupiter
A mystery object struck Jupiter on July 19, 2009, leaving a dark bruise the size of the Pacific Ocean. The spot first caught the eye of an amateur astronomer in Australia, and soon, observatories around the world.

Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System
Engineers have shifted NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft into a mode that transmits only spacecraft health and status data while they diagnose an unexpected change in the pattern of returning data.

Juno Taking Shape in Denver
Juno Taking Shape in Denver

Helium Rain on Jupiter Explains Lack of Neon in Atmosphere
On Earth, helium is a gas used to float balloons. In the interior of Jupiter, however, conditions are so strange that, according to predictions by University of California, Berkeley, scientists, helium condenses into droplets and falls like rain.



Saturn Today Top Stories
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NASA Cassini Significant Events 07/014/10 - 07/20/10
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on July 20 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

NASA Cassini Significant Events 07/07/10 - 07/13/10
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on July 13 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

Cassini Sees Moon Building Giant Snowballs in Saturn Ring
While orbiting Saturn for the last six years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has kept a close eye on the collisions and disturbances in the gas giant's rings.

NASA Cassini Significant Events 06/30/10 - 07/06/10
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on July 6 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

NASA Cassini Significant Events 06/23/10 - 06/29/10
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on June 29 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

Zapping Titan-like Atmosphere with UV Creates Life Precursors
The first experimental evidence showing how atmospheric nitrogen can be incorporated into organic macromolecules is being reported by a University of Arizona team.