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NASA Releases First Images of Cassini's Dive Through the Geyser of Enceladus (examiner.com)

Posted by timothy on from the taking-a-quick-shower dept.

MarkWhittington writes: NASA released the first images from Cassini's dive two days earlier into the geyser that is erupting water and ice particles through fissures in the icy crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus from what is presumed to be a salty ocean underneath. The space probe, which has been orbiting Saturn for the past several years, survived the encounter. Scientists are eagerly awaiting the data that will be returned from the passage, which should be made available in a week or two.

11 of 26 comments (clear)

  1. Re:More disgusting Republican... by greenwow · · Score: 4, Informative

    Its sensors can detect hydrothermal activity. Many scientists believe that life first evolved on our planet in active hydrothermal vents. It will let us know if that moon can support life.

  2. Nasa's article page is weird by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There are 19 other stories below, wasting bandwidth. When you scroll down to another story, the URL in the address bar changes, which totally breaks user expectations. It's overengineered crap, which is probably a sign that their webdev team is too big or too well-funded. What's wrong with a normal hyperlinked website? Too boring for web developers?

    1. Re:Nasa's article page is weird by belthize · · Score: 1

      It would not surprise me if most of the devs for that site had to either create that site and want to hang themselves afterward or upset some god awful Public Outreach Division Head who decided to take a roll in specifying how it should work.

  3. Direct link to the NASA images by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    There really is no need for blogspam that adds nothing to the original source. Boo.

    https://www.nasa.gov/feature/j...

    1. Re:Direct link to the NASA images by RockDoctor · · Score: 1
      Thank you for that, even if you are an AC. I was about to go hunting for exactly that page.

      Why don't people actually follow their tiny attention spans to the original sources? I mean, this is a site for "nerds", who you'd expect to be better at technical work than most people.

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  4. Through the Geyser of Enceladus by turkeydance · · Score: 2

    Hugo award winning title

  5. I read the article and learned something by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 1

    The NASA Style Guide apparently requires that the word "icy" be used at least once in every photo caption containing the name "Enceladus".

    (Oh, and the photos are seriously cool!)

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    #DeleteChrome
    1. Re:I read the article and learned something by Tablizer · · Score: 1

      Not just NASA

      Zarnian menu: "Another photo of a delicious human being with its delicious child."

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      Table-ized A.I.
  6. fuck me by djupedal · · Score: 1

    No images....it's now ok to lie about content upfront, thanks.

  7. skip whittington's BS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/saturns-geyser-moon-shines-in-close-flyby-views

  8. Geyser of enchiladas? Awesome! by DavidHumus · · Score: 1

    Mmm, so hungry.