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  Saturn's Giant Sponge: One Of Saturn's Rings Does The Housecleaning

  February 12, 2008 — One of Saturn's rings does housecleaning, soaking up material gushing from the fountains on Saturn's tiny ice moon Enceladus, according to new observations from the Cassini spacecraft. This is the ... > full story
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  Hot Cyclones Churn At Both Ends Of Saturn

  January 14, 2008 — Despite more than a decade of winter darkness, Saturn's north pole is home to an unexpected hot spot remarkably similar to one at the planet's sunny south pole. The source of its heat is a mystery. ... > full story
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  Mountains Discovered On Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon

  December 20, 2007 — Astronomers have discovered and analyzed mountains on Saturn's largest moon, additional evidence that it has some of the most earthlike processes of any celestial body in the solar system. Titan's ... > full story
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  Hot Spot On Saturn's Tiny Moon Enceladus Causes Icy Plumes

  December 17, 2007 — Enceladus, the tiny satellite of Saturn, is colder than ice, but data gathered by the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan has detected a hot spot that could mean there is life in the old moon ... > full story
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  Saturn's Rings May Be As Old As Solar System

  December 13, 2007 — New observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicate the rings of Saturn, once thought to have formed during the age of the dinosaurs, instead may have been created roughly 4.5 billion years ago ... > full story
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  Planning Made Easier: Engineers Develop Software Solution For Complex Space Missions

  December 3, 2007 — Sending an unmanned spacecraft to the outer fringes of the solar system requires extensive planning.Engineers have now developed an efficient and highly sophisticated mathematical algorithm ... > full story
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  Organic 'Building Blocks' Of Life Discovered In Titan's Atmosphere

  November 28, 2007 — Scientists analyzing data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft have confirmed the presence of heavy negative ions in the upper regions of Titan's atmosphere. These particles may act as organic building ... > full story
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  First Known Belt Of Moonlets In Saturn's Rings Detected

  October 24, 2007 — A narrow belt harboring moonlets as large as football stadiums discovered in Saturn's outermost ring probably resulted when a larger moon was shattered by a wayward asteroid or comet eons ago, ... > full story
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  Drizzly Mornings On Xanadu -- Saturn's Moon Titan

  October 11, 2007 — A nearly global cloud covers high elevations on Saturn's moon Titan and a widespread and persistent morning drizzle of methane on the flanks of Titan's major continent, Xanadu. Near-infrared images ... > full story
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  Cassini Is On The Trail Of A Runaway Mystery

  October 8, 2007 — NASA scientists are on the trail of Iapetus' mysterious dark side, which seems to be home to a bizarre "runaway" process that is transporting vaporized water ice from the dark areas to the white ... > full story

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