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Category Archives: Saturn (2015 Mission)

  • Titan has held a special place in the hearts and minds of Sci-Fi authors for decades. Initially it was because the thick, opaque atmosphere made [...]

    Setting Foot on Titan

    September 30, 2015
  • For today’s Molecular Monday post, I had planned to continue my investigation of water. However, the 2015 Mission to the Solar System has just [...]

    Molecular Monday: Life on Titan

    September 28, 2015
  • Sciency Words is a special series here on Planet Pailly celebrating the rich and colorful world of science and science-related terminology. [...]

    Sciency Words: Specular Reflection

    September 25, 2015
  • “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…” [...]

    Saturn’s Funny Hexagon

    September 24, 2015
  • I owe one of Saturn’s moons an apology. Enceladus is on the shortlist of places in the Solar System that might support life, but I never took [...]

    Enceladus’s Wet, Watery Secret

    September 21, 2015
  • Sciency Words is a special series here on Planet Pailly celebrating the rich and colorful world of science and science-related terminology. [...]

    Sciency Words: Trojans

    September 18, 2015
  • Imagine you’re a hotshot space pilot on approach to Saturn. You know perfectly well you’re not supposed to fly through Saturn’s rings. The [...]

    Flying Through Saturn’s Rings

    September 17, 2015
  • Sciency Words is a special series here on Planet Pailly celebrating the rich and colorful world of science and science-related terminology. [...]

    Sciency Words: Cryovolcano

    September 11, 2015
  • All the gas giants in our Solar System have rings. None of the terrestrial planets do. Based on that, you could be forgiven for assuming that [...]

    How Saturn Got Its Rings (And How Earth Can Too)

    September 7, 2015
  • Sciency Words is a special series here on Planet Pailly celebrating the rich and colorful world of science and science-related terminology. [...]

    Sciency Words: Roche Limit

    September 4, 2015
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