Postcards from Saturn

When:
February 23, 2018 @ 7:20 pm – 8:45 pm
2018-02-23T19:20:00+00:00
2018-02-23T20:45:00+00:00
Where:
The Royal Institution
21 Albemarle St
Mayfair, London W1S
UK
Cost:
£20/£15
Contact:
The Royal Institution

Last September, the NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft mission ended its 20 years in space by burning up in Saturn’s atmosphere (on purpose). Hear from Michele Dougherty, one of the mission’s lead scientists, as she describes some surprising discoveries made during the orbital tour at Saturn, including water vapor plumes at the small moon Enceladus and implications this has for potential habitability.