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  Cassini Bags Enceladus 'Tigers'

  August 16, 2010 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its flyby over the "tiger stripes" in the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus and has sent back images of its passage. The spacecraft ... > full story
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  Raising Mountains on Saturn's Moon Titan

  August 16, 2010 — Saturn's moon Titan ripples with mountains, and scientists have been trying to figure out how they form. The best explanation, it turns out, is that Titan is shrinking as it cools, wrinkling up the ... > full story
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  Discovery of Saturn’s Auroral Heartbeat

  August 4, 2010 — Scientists have discovered that Saturn's aurora, an ethereal ultraviolet glow which illuminates Saturn's upper atmosphere near the poles, pulses roughly once per Saturnian ... > full story
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  Blowing in the Wind: Cassini Helps With Dune Whodunit on Saturn's Moon Titan

  July 29, 2010 — The answer to the mystery of dune patterns on Saturn's moon Titan did turn out to be blowing in the wind. It just wasn't from the direction many scientists ... > full story
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  Cassini Sees Moon Building Giant Snowballs in Saturn Ring

  July 20, 2010 — While orbiting Saturn for the last six years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has kept a close eye on the collisions and disturbances in the gas giant's rings. They provide the only nearby natural ... > full story
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  See Beautiful Ontario Lacus: Cassini's Guided Tour

  July 18, 2010 — Ontario Lacus, the largest lake in the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan, turns out to be a perfect exotic vacation spot, provided you can handle the frosty, subzero temperatures and enjoy ... > full story
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  Saturn Propellers Reflect Solar System Origins

  July 9, 2010 — Scientists using NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn have stalked a new class of moons in the rings of Saturn that create distinctive propeller-shaped gaps in ring material. It marks the first time ... > full story
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  Saturn System Moves Oxygen from Enceladus to Titan

  July 7, 2010 — Complex interactions between Saturn and its satellites have led scientists using NASA's Cassini spacecraft to a comprehensive model that could explain how oxygen may end up on the surface of Saturn's ... > full story
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  Zapping Titan-Like Atmosphere With UV Rays Creates Life Precursors

  June 29, 2010 — The first experimental evidence showing how atmospheric nitrogen can be incorporated into organic macromolecules is being reported by researchers. The finding indicates what organic molecules might ... > full story
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  Life on Titan? New Clues to What's Consuming Hydrogen, Acetylene on Saturn's Moon

  June 6, 2010 — Two new papers based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft scrutinize the complex chemical activity on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. While non-biological chemistry offers one possible ... > full story

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