On Dec. 31, 2004, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flew by Iapetus, Saturn’s third largest moon. Iapetus was discovered by the ...
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The Sky This Week from January 9 to 16: Jupiter at opposition
The solar system’s largest planet shines bright as the Moon wanes and Saturn’s moons dance in the sky this week.
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In classic Greek mythology, Prometheus, son of the Titan Iapetus and god of forethought and crafty counsel, was entrusted (alongside Athena) with the moulding of mankind out of mud and wind. He is ...
Between 1671 and 1684, Giovanni Cassini identified four moons of Saturn—Iapetus, Rhea, Tethys, and Dione—collectively designating them "Sidera Lodoicea." Rhea, discovered on December 23, 1672, is ...
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January 2026: What's in the sky this month? Jupiter reaches opposition, Mercury briefly appears
Saturn is on display in the early-evening sky this month along with Uranus and Neptune, both within reach of binoculars.
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Wausau Pilot & Review Jupiter steals the show this week as the solar system’s largest planet reaches opposition, shining ...
Alien Bases On Saturn's Moon Iapetus ...
IAPETUS2 will support at least 13 funded postgraduate studentships at one of their partner organisations in 2026. All doctoral research projects are supervised by mixed teams of world-leading ...
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