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  The (Long) Weekend Warrior: Nine Moons, 62 Hours

  October 20, 2010 — Taking a long-weekend road trip, NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully glided near nine Saturnian moons, sending back a stream of raw images as mementos of its adrenaline-fueled expedition. The ... > full story
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  Haze on Saturn's Moon Titan May Hold Ingredients for Life

  October 8, 2010 — Simulating possible chemical processes in the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, a planetary research team found amino acids and nucleotide bases in the mix -- the most important ingredients ... > full story
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  Cassini Catches Saturn Moons in Paintball Fight

  October 7, 2010 — Scientists using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have learned that distinctive, colorful bands and splotches embellish the surfaces of Saturn's inner, mid-size moons. The reddish and bluish hues ... > full story
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  Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus May Keep Oceans Liquid With Wobble

  October 6, 2010 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft discovered a giant plume of water gushing from cracks in the surface near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus in 2005, indicating that there was a reservoir of water ... > full story
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  Spring on Titan Brings Sunshine and Patchy Clouds

  September 29, 2010 — The northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan is set for mainly fine spring weather, with polar skies clearing since the equinox in August last year. The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer ... > full story
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  Cassini Gazes at Veiled Titan

  September 24, 2010 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft will swing high over Saturn's moon Titan on Friday, Sept. 24, taking a long, sustained look at the hazy moon. At closest approach, Cassini will fly within 8,175 kilometers ... > full story
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  New Views of Saturn's Aurora, Captured by Cassini

  September 29, 2010 — A new movie and images showing Saturn's shimmering aurora over a two-day period are helping scientists understand what drives some of the solar system's most impressive light ... > full story
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  Hello, Saturn Summer Solstice: Cassini's New Chapter

  September 29, 2010 — Turning a midsummer night's dream into reality, NASA's Cassini spacecraft begins its new mission extension -- the Cassini Solstice Mission. The mission extension will take Cassini a few months past ... > full story
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  Cassini Makes First Dive Inside Saturn’s Radio Aurora

  September 24, 2010 — The Cassini spacecraft has made the first observations from within the radio aurora of another planet than Earth. The measurements, which were taken when the spacecraft flew through an active auroral ... > full story
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  Lakes on Saturn's Moon Titan Filled With Liquid Hydrocarbons Like Ethane and Methane, Not Water

  September 21, 2010 — Titan, one of Saturn's moons, is the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere -- ten times denser than the atmosphere of Earth. Five years ago, the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn sent a ... > full story

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