Like graffiti sprayed by an unknown artist, unexplained arc-shaped, reddish streaks are visible on the surface of Saturn’s icy moon Tethys in new, enhanced-color images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
(a) The Proto-Tethys tectonic domain in western China. (b) The Paleo-Tethys tectonic domain in eastern China. “Sub”, “Col”, “Exh”, and “P-co” denote subduction, collision, exhumation, and ...
(NEW YORK) — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spotted a huge impact basin on Tethys, one of Saturn’s 62 known moons, shining brightly and spiking curiosity about the landscape of the icy world. While the ...