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Saturn discovered
Satrun was discovred in 1610 by Galileo. Galileo discovered them with his telescope in, but he did not know what these were either. He then realize that he had discovered a planet. -
Titan, one of Saturn's moon, is discovered
Titan is the largest of Saturn. Titan is primarily composed of water ice and rocky material. The atmosphere of Titan is largely composed of nitrogen, which makes it impossible to breathe on. -
Saturn having its own ring is announced
Galelio had tried to use his tlescope to try to see saturn. Unfortunalty, his telescope wasn't good enough. So Christian huygens used his own and was able see it. He had seen that it did have rings. -
A white spot is found on Saturn
The white spot he had discovered was actually a storm. Asaph Hall had used theses spots to determine the planet's period of rotation. -
First photos of saturn are taken by voyager 1 and voyager 2 missions
Saturn had its first photos taken -
Cassani spacecarft is launched
The cassani spacecraft was launched to Saturn on October 15, 1997. It has studied the planet sinc 2004. It studies Saturn in such things as tempature, atmosphere, and searching for signs of life. -
saturn's atmosphere
It was confirmed that Saturn is the less dense planet in the solars system. -
Cassani space craft arrives
NASA's cassini spacecraft flew towards Saturn. The $3.3 billion Cassini space craft arrived on july 1, 2004 -
Huygens space craft enters Saturn's atmosphere
The European-built space probe Huygens entered the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. -
Space probe Huygens
After almost a year of research into data from the space probe Huygens, scientists reported that Saturn's moon Titan resembles Earth in many ways but is unlikely to support life. -
water found on saturn's moon, enceladus
Scientists reported that images from the Cassini spacecraft showed plumes of water shooting from geysers near a heated region of Enceladus. -
sea size bodies found on the surface of titans
Scientists reported the discovery of what appear to be sea-size bodies of liquid, probably methane or ethane, on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, with one about as big as Montana. -
Enceladus moon
Scientists said the basic ingredients for life: warmth, water and organic chemicals, are in place on Saturn's small moon Enceladus, which could POSSIBLEY support life -
ocean discovered on Saturn's moon enceladus
Scientists reported new evidence that one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, has an ocean beneath its surface. -
water around Saturn and its moons
It was reported that Europe’s Infrared Space Observatory discovered water around stars and planets. Water vapor in the atmosphere of Titan was reported.
