This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8113627.stm
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Audio slideshow: Splendour of Saturn | Audio slideshow: Splendour of Saturn |
| (about 4 hours later) | |
| Saturn, with its majestic rings and mysterious icy moons, has long captured the imagination. | |
| This week, images from the Cassini spacecraft revealing the secrets of the ringed planet went on display at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. Cassini, a joint mission of Nasa, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, sent back the images between 2004 and 2008. | This week, images from the Cassini spacecraft revealing the secrets of the ringed planet went on display at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. Cassini, a joint mission of Nasa, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, sent back the images between 2004 and 2008. |
| Here, Carl Murray a member of the Cassini Imaging Team from Queen Mary College London, takes us on a tour of Saturn, its arcs and moons - including Titan, which appears to have geological features similar to Earth's. | |
| The exhibition continues until the end of August: www.nmm.ac.uk/cassini | The exhibition continues until the end of August: www.nmm.ac.uk/cassini |
| Slideshow production: Kathryn Westcott and Phil Coomes.Publication 22 June 2009. | Slideshow production: Kathryn Westcott and Phil Coomes.Publication 22 June 2009. |