but cassini has left a remarkable legacy.mountains hidden within its rings. cassini has also revealed the planet's many moons, from titan, with its methane lakes, to a liquid ocean beneath the icy crust, shooting plumes into space, a discovery that has shaken up the idea of where we could look for life. we want to know, is there life in enceladus's ocean? could there be oceans inside of other moons? that will take future missions to go back and answer those questions. as the spacecraft hurtled toward saturn it vaporised, finally becoming part of the planet it had studied for so long. but, for scientists, the work isn't over. so much data has been collected, saturn will keep surprising for decades to come. hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson. the rescue effort continues today after a tropical storm kills more than 180 people in the phillipines. dozens more have been injured and around 40,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. good morning, it's christmas eve on sunday the 24th of december. also this morning:

after spending an epic 20 years in space and completing hundreds of orbits around saturn, cassini wasd finale, sending cassini on a death dive into saturn's thick atmosphere. this is the control room where the very final moments of the spacecraft will be tracked and every last drop of science is being squeezed out of this mission. as the spacecraft enters the atmosphere of saturn, the data will be streamed back here right up until the very instant it is destroyed. this will actually be the grand truth, as it were, we're actually being able to sample the atmosphere as the spacecraft goes in, it doesn't have much time, but it will be one of the most exciting points of the mission, right at the end of the mission. the day itself was bittersweet for the team. congratulations to you all. this has been an incredible mission and a incredible spacecraft and you are an incredible team. i am going to call this the end of mission. some had spent entire careers working on this mission. well, it's been a part of my life for 20 years, we've spent day in and day out thinking about cassini, planning

but cassini has left a remarkable legacy, it has spotted colossal storms and found structures as highvealed the planet's many moons, from titan with its methane lakes, to a liquid ocean beneath the icy crust, shooting plumes into space, a discovery that has shaken up the idea of where we could look for life. we want to know, is there life in the solar system, could there be oceans inside of other moons, that will take future missions to go back and answer those questions. as the spacecraft hurtled toward saturn it vaporised, finally becoming part of the planet it had studied for so long. but for scientists the work isn't over. so much data has been collected saturn will keep surprising for decades to come. back down on earth, a crisp and sunny day across most of the country. some colder, wet wintry weather on the way. not for everybody, not an awful lot. a bit of snow in the hills of wales, possibly the cotswolds. possibly the hills of south—eastern england. parts of the midlands, if you are areas. but mostly rain. let's see what it is looking like through the course of the day. turni

but cassini has left a remarkable legacy, it has spotted colossal storms and found structures as high planet's many moons, from titan with its methane lakes, to a liquid ocean beneath the icy crust, shooting plumes into space, a discovery that has shaken up the idea of where we could look for life. we want to know, is there life in the solar system, could there be oceans inside of other moons, that will take future missions to go back and answer those questions. as the spacecraft hurtled toward saturn it vaporised, finally becoming part of the planet it had studied for so long. but for scientists the work isn't over. so much data has been collected saturn will keep surprising for decades to come. hello there, it's a rather grey, but mild scenario with the run up to christmas. a good deal of dry weather, albeit cloudy. some rain in northern ireland, moving into north—west england. but double digits, soa north—west england. but double digits, so a mild afternoon. as we move out of christmas eve, the rain will pep up, more wet weather in scotla nd will pep up, more wet weather in scotlan

but cassini has left a remarkable legacy, it has spotted colossal storms and found structures as highoons, from titan with its methane lakes, to a liquid ocean beneath the icy crust, shooting plumes into space, a discovery that has shaken up the idea of where we could look for life. we want to know, is there life in the solar system, could there be oceans inside of other moons, that will take future missions to go back and answer those questions. as the spacecraft hurtled toward saturn it vaporised, finally becoming part of the planet it had studied for so long. but for scientists the work isn't over. so much data has been collected saturn will keep surprising for decades to come. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. a beatle, a bee gee and a ballerina lead the way in the queen's new year honours. # twist and shout! # twist and shout. fab four drummer ringo starr becomes sir ringo. it's saturday ‘knight fever‘ for bee gees singer barry gibbs, who has dedicated the honour to his late brothers maurice and robin. and strictlyjudge darcey bussell is made a dame, sayi

the orbiter cassini spent 20 years in space and transformed our understanding of saturn, but this time they wanted the mission to go out with a bang. instantly recognisable, saturn and its stunning rings, the cassini spacecraft revealed this giant planet in incredible detail. taking countless amazing images but in 2017 it was time for one last look. after spending an epic 20 years in space and completing hundreds of orbits around saturn the spacecraft was running out of fuel. so scientists planned a very grand finale, sending it on a death dive into saturn's thick atmosphere. this is the control room where the very final moments of the spacecraft will be tracked and every last drop of science is being squeezed out of this mission. as it enters the atmosphere of saturn the data will be streamed back here right up until the very instant it is destroyed. this will actually be the grand truth, as it were, being able to sample the atmosphere as the spacecraft goes in, it doesn't have much time, but it will be one of the most exciting points of the mission. right at the end of the mission. t

i'm always up most cassini's kid. they get short out the one that i put on shot of the game of the soul of the bush by the kid that made him a one hundred eight john by our boss at the bottom of the my stuff. and wanted brooks the national she. was special about that i sat up as it was only she became my it was not a time i want to run about to you know but i'm going to and now point to something i john missed i want to sometimes i sort of one it's not that i want to finish made that everything that i want out of the shell shocked. well michel. i can know. i'm almost. comic. sists. i will find my and future i want to be. as i mentioned before no one can be like like bruce lee and no one can be like. no russian flag will fly at the twenty eight winter olympics but there will be russian athletes. know russian national anthem will play out during official ceremonies but founds will probably chantant acappella rendition you can take the athletes out of the country but can you take the country out of the athletes. palestin

after the ten-year cassini mission ended in september, nasa is considering sending a dragonfly droneplore the prebiotic chemistry of the moon in search of possible alien life. >>> and a 90-year-old woman's danceoff with santa claus is pretty much winning over the internet this morning. a d.c. minister dressed as santa claus while visiting a nursing home to pass out gifts. getting down there. he posted this video on facebook and it shows him at the festive nursing home with the resident. they're just dancing away to "o come all ye faithful." although doesn't seem like that's the jam. it's already gotten 7 million views and 166,000 shares on facebook. they are jamming out there. the minister, though, he hopes to inspire others to take better care of our seniors. i think that is a job well done. getting down. i'm phillip mena. thanks for starting your day with us. be sure to follow us on fa live look at the bay bridge with the city by the bay slowly it's december 28th and we're just counting down to the end of the year. a live look at the bay bridge. the city by the bay. we are slowing

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