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  Early Earth Haze Likely Provided Ultraviolet Shield for Planet

  June 3, 2010 — A thick organic haze that enshrouded early Earth several billion years ago may have been similar to the haze now hovering above Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and would have protected primordial life ... > full story
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  Cassini Heading to Saturn's Titan After Tagging Enceladus

  May 21, 2010 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on its way to a flyby of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, after capturing some stunning images of Enceladus. One view shows the hazy outline of Titan behind Saturn's rings, ... > full story
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  Cassini Double Play: Enceladus and Titan

  May 17, 2010 — About a month and a half after its last double flyby, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be turning another double play this week, visiting the geyser moon Enceladus and the hazy moon Titan. The ... > full story
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  Titan's Gem Tumbler: Flash Flooding Paved Streambeds on Saturn's Moon

  May 13, 2010 — It appears flash flooding has paved streambeds in the Xanadu region of Saturn's moon Titan with thousands of sparkling crystal balls of ice, according to scientists with NASA's Cassini spacecraft. By ... > full story
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  Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System

  May 7, 2010 — Engineers have shifted NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft into a mode that transmits only spacecraft health and status data while they diagnose an unexpected change in the pattern of returning data. ... > full story
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  Cassini Measures Tug of Enceladus

  April 27, 2010 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be gliding low over Saturn's moon Enceladus for a gravity experiment designed to probe the moon's interior composition. The flyby, which will take Cassini through the ... > full story
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  Cassini and Amateurs Chase Storm on Saturn

  May 3, 2010 — With the help of amateur astronomers, the composite infrared spectrometer instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken its first look at a massive blizzard in Saturn's atmosphere. The ... > full story
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  Cassini Returning Enceladus Gravity Data

  April 30, 2010 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its 26-hour gravity observation at Saturn's moon Enceladus recently, sending back data scientists will use to understand the moon's interior ... > full story
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  Saturn's Moon Enceladus Leaves Plasma Bubbles in Its Wake

  April 14, 2010 — Observations of how Saturn's moon Enceladus interacts with its environment show it leaves a complex pattern of ripples and bubbles in its ... > full story
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  Flash: NASA's Cassini Sees Lightning on Saturn

  April 14, 2010 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of lightning on Saturn. The images have allowed scientists to create the first movie showing lightning flashing on another ... > full story

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