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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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  Cassini Finishes Saturnian Doubleheader

  April 14, 2010 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft completed its double flyby this week, swinging by Saturn's moons Titan and Dione with no maneuver in between. The spacecraft has beamed back stunning raw images of fractured ... > full story
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  Life on Saturn's Moon Titan: Stand Well Back and Hold Your Nose!

  April 11, 2010 — New research suggests that if life has evolved on the frozen surface of Saturn's moon, Titan, it would be strange, smelly and explosive compared to life on ... > full story
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  Cassini Doubleheader: Flying By Titan and Dione

  April 4, 2010 — In a special double flyby early next week, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will visit Saturn's moons Titan and Dione within a period of about a day and a half, with no maneuvers in between. A fortuitous ... > full story
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  'Pac-Man' in Space: 1980s Video Game Icon Glows on Saturn's Moon Mimas

  March 29, 2010 — The highest-resolution-yet temperature map and images of Saturn's icy moon Mimas obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal surprising patterns on the surface of the small moon, including ... > full story
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  Snowblower on Enceladus: How Moon's Ice Jets Feed Saturn's E Ring and Cause Some Slight Snowfall

  March 25, 2010 — Cassini's nose dives through Saturn's E ring have yielded insights on the give and take of ice particles between Enceladus and the ring. Some of the moon's jets are successful in shooting ice grains ... > full story
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  Cassini Shows Saturnian Roller Derby, Strange Weather

  March 18, 2010 — From our vantage point on Earth, Saturn may look like a peaceful orb with rings worthy of a carefully raked Zen garden, but NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been shadowing the gas giant long enough to ... > full story
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  Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Saturn's Moon Titan

  March 11, 2010 — By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior. The subtle gravitational ... > full story
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  Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah?

  March 8, 2010 — Planetary scientists have been puzzling for years over the honeycomb patterns and flat valleys with squiggly edges evident in radar images of Saturn's moon Titan. Now, working with a "volunteer ... > full story
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  Cassini Finds Plethora of Plumes, Hotspots on Saturn's Moon Enceladus

  February 23, 2010 — Newly released images from last November's swoop over Saturn's icy moon Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a forest of new jets spraying from prominent fractures crossing the south polar ... > full story

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