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Cassini Study Finds Saturn’s Magnetic Shield Skewed Toward the Afternoon Side

The finding points to a magnetosphere driven more by rapid spin plus moon-fed plasma than by the solar wind.

New Study Links Titan Moon Merger to the Birth of Saturn’s Rings

Study Links Titan’s Moon‑Merger Origin to Saturn’s Young Rings

Reanalysis of Galileo Data Finds Ammonia on Europa Near Surface Fractures

Juno Sounding Finds Europa’s Outer Ice Layer Averages 18 Miles Thick in Surveyed Region

New Model Shows Salty Europa Ice Could Sink, Ferrying Nutrients to Its Hidden Ocean

Study Finds Europa’s Seafloor Likely Inactive, Undercutting Hopes for Present-Day Life

New Study Recasts Titan’s Interior, Challenging Idea of a Global Ocean

Titan May Lack a Global Ocean, Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior With Isolated Water Pockets

Study Finds Subsurface Oceans Could Boil Inside Small Icy Moons

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Heat Escaping From Both Poles of Enceladus, Strengthening Case for a Long‑Lived Ocean

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

Study Reveals Polar Heat Loss Across Enceladus, Supporting a Long‑Lived Subsurface Ocean

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Complex Organics From Enceladus’s Ocean in Fresh Plume Grains

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Complex Organics in Fresh Enceladus Plume Grains

Cassini Reanalysis Finds New Organics in Enceladus Plume, Boosting Habitability Case

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Complex Organics in Fresh Enceladus Plume Grains

Fresh Enceladus Plume Grains Reveal Ocean-Derived Complex Organics

NASA Study Points to Vesicle-Like Chemistry on Titan’s Lakes

Webb Spots Tiny New Moon Around Uranus, Bringing Count to 29