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"We now know that Enceladus has almost all of the ingredients you would need to support life as we know it on Earth."

NASA Says Saturn’s Moon Has “The Ingredients Necessary For a Habitable Environment”

"The chemical energy for life exists within the ocean of a small moon of Saturn."

The Cassini Spacecraft, launched in 1997, is going to meet a fiery end in the form of elf-sacrifice in the name of science on the surface of Saturn.

After 20 Years of Exploration, NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Has Begun Its Self-Destruct Mission

Before burning up in Saturn’s atmosphere, it’s taking a trip through the planet’s stunning rings.

Here's What Our Future In Space Will Look Like in 2017

The transition from one year to the next is always a little uncertain – an uneasy blend of anxiety and optimism, it’s also a time of retrospection, introspection, and even a little tentative prognostication. And since the latter is our stock-in-trade at Futurism, we believe now is the perfect time to look ahead at what […]

Predicting 2017: A Look At Humanity’s Future in Space

This year is going to be simply remarkable. 

Through NASA's Cassini rocket, scientists caught "mini-jets" in the act of blowing out particles from the Saturn's F ring, leaving a trail of imperfection in the supposedly flawless discrete ring.

One of Saturn’s Rings Was Just Smashed By A Mysterious Object

Saturn's F ring is apparently an obsessive-compulsive's nightmare.

New research using the Cassini orbiter has shown that one of Titan’s largest seas, Ligeia Mare, is composed of pure methane and not ethane, as was previously thought. And it is a terribly rich sea. 

Alien Oceanography: Cassini Reveals a Primordial Ocean of Organics on Titan

Titan is a rich sludge of organics.  

NASA latest post about the images note that Saturn's frigid moon Titan has some characteristics that are oddly similar to Earth.

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NASA Says Saturn’s Moon Has “The Ingredients Necessary For a Habitable Environment”

After 20 Years of Exploration, NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Has Begun Its Self-Destruct Mission

Predicting 2017: A Look At Humanity’s Future in Space

One of Saturn’s Rings Was Just Smashed By A Mysterious Object

Alien Oceanography: Cassini Reveals a Primordial Ocean of Organics on Titan

NASA Releases Best-Ever Image of Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon

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