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Artist's concept of a close Cassini flyby of Enceladus

Cassini Sends Home Data From Close Flyby
The closest flyby in the Cassini spacecraft's long journey is now returning results.
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Forces From the Deep
Forces From the Deep
Bright, high-altitude clouds interact with dark, deeper structures near Saturn's south pole. The dark vortices near lower right are two especially large examples of such deep structures. These vortices create eddies in the higher clouds at adjacent latitudes as they pass by.
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News From Saturn
News From Saturn
Preview two flybys of Saturn’s geyser moon Enceladus.
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Insider's Cassini -- National Storytelling Festival and an Educator Workshop
Insider's Cassini -- National Storytelling Festival and an Educator Workshop
A few Cassini scientists and engineers recently participated in the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee. This annual event usually attracts some JPL attendees, specifically from Cassini, and I was fortunate enough to be included for the first time this year.
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Cassini Scientist for a Day -- Fall 2008
Cassini Scientist for a Day -- Fall 2008
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be part of a large science team with a spacecraft as your remote laboratory? Now is your chance to join the team.
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Many Colors, Many Moons
Many Colors, Many Moons
Four moons huddle near Saturn's multi-hued disk. The coloration of the planet's northern hemisphere has changed noticeably since the Cassini spacecraft's arrival in orbit in mid-2004. Imaging scientists are working to understand the causes of this change, which is suspected to be a seasonal effect.
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The Persistent Hexagon
The Persistent Hexagon
Saturn's north polar hexagon appears to be a long-lived feature of the atmosphere, having been spotted in images of Saturn in the early 1980s, again in the 1990s, and then by the Cassini spacecraft in the past several years.
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Cassini Status
 Next Encounter:
 Enceladus
 197 km (122.3 mi)
 Oct. 31, 2008 (SCET)
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