Space Quotes by Carolyn Porco

All the atoms of our bodies will be blown into space in the disintegration of the solar system, to live on forever…

— Carolyn Porco

Most of the solar system resides beyond the orbits of the asteroids. There is more to learn there about general planetary processes…

— Carolyn Porco

Titan is Saturn's largest moon, and, until Cassini had arrived, there was the largest single expanse of unexplored terrain that we had…

— Carolyn Porco

Saturn itself is a giant planet, and there's much to be gained by investigating its meteorology and studying its magnetic field.

— Carolyn Porco

The Cassini mission was all about a comprehensive investigation of Saturn and everything in the Saturn system, and it's been a mission…

— Carolyn Porco

Saturn is accompanied by a very large and diverse collection of moons. They range in size from a few kilometers across to…

— Carolyn Porco

By the time I finished high school, I knew I wanted to become an astronomer. By the time I finished college, I…

— Carolyn Porco

Cassini is different -- it's a mission of enormous scope and is being conducted in grand style. It is much more sophisticated…

— Carolyn Porco

The Saturn system is a rich planetary system. It offers mystery, scientific insight, and obviously splendour beyond compare, and the investigation of…

— Carolyn Porco

Voyager found Saturn to be a planet with a complex interior, atmosphere, and magnetosphere. In its rings - a vast, gleaming disk…

— Carolyn Porco

Cassini was an international undertaking, led by NASA and the European Space Agency and designed to be, in every dimension, a dramatic…

— Carolyn Porco

Voyager's passage through Saturn's inner system exposed diverse moons with dynamic forces at work. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, whose surface remained invisible…

— Carolyn Porco

Every type of ring behavior we have seen around Jupiter, Uranus, or Neptune can be found in orbit around Saturn. And Saturn's…

— Carolyn Porco

As far as Europa goes, Europa very likely has an ocean under its surface. In that regard, Europa and Enceladus are on…

— Carolyn Porco

Titan has no liquid water on its surface, and any liquid water beneath its surface is inaccessible to us, as far as…

— Carolyn Porco

When the Voyager 2 spacecraft sped through the Saturnian system more than a quarter of a century ago, it came within 90,000…

— Carolyn Porco

Remember, Voyager was just a flyby, Cassini is in orbit. We have the opportunity for monitoring them and their behavior, their comings…

— Carolyn Porco

As a planetary system, Saturn holds the greatest promise for answering questions that have a far broader scientific reach than Saturn itself.

— Carolyn Porco

Even by the diverse standards of Saturn's satellites, Enceladus was an outlier. Its icy surface was as white and bright as fresh…

— Carolyn Porco

The need for a detailed, comprehensive examination of the Saturn system became clear during the early 1980s, after the two Voyager spacecraft…

— Carolyn Porco

While I was there, Voyager flew by Saturn. I got involved with a person who was a member of the imaging team…

— Carolyn Porco