Rings around Saturn.Saturn: A New View is a collection of 150 spectacular, other-worldly photographs and new information picked up by the Cassini spacecraft and Huygens probe The Huygens probe, supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA) and named after the Dutch 17th century astronomer Christiaan Huygens, is an atmospheric entry probe and lander carried to Saturn's moon Titan as part of the Cassini-Huygens mission. . Among the incredible discoveries is that Saturn's atmosphere is brilliant blue in the northern hemisphere and yellow in the southern hemisphere; Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has mountains of frozen water carved carve v. carved, carv·ing, carves v.tr. 1. a. To divide into pieces by cutting; slice: carved a roast. b. by rivers of natural gas; and Enceladus, another moon, has subsurface sub·sur·face adj. Of, relating to, or situated in an area beneath a surface, especially the surface of the earth or of a body of water. Adj. 1. lakes of heated water that could potentially support life. Saturn's rings See Saturn. See also: Ring , 10 football fields wide, is made up of particles that travel 15 times faster than a rifle bullet. This book by Laura Lovett, Joan Horvath and Jeff Cuzzi (Abrams, $40) fosters a sense of appreciation for, and awe of, the universe we live in. |
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