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  Many Moons: Space Scientists Ponder Which Jupiter Moon Will Reveal The Most

  February 10, 2007 — According to William B. McKinnon, professor of earth and planetary sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, the community suffers from an embarrassment of riches, because each of the moons of ... > full story
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  Saturn's Moon Enceladus Is A 'Cosmic Graffiti Artist,' Astronomers Discover

  February 9, 2007 — Astronomers from the University of Virginia and other institutions have found that Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, is a "cosmic graffiti artist," pelting the surfaces of at least 11 ... > full story
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  Cassini Images Mammoth Cloud Engulfing Titan's North Pole

  February 4, 2007 — A giant cloud half the size of the United States has been imaged on Saturn's moon Titan by the Cassini spacecraft. The cloud may be responsible for the material that fills the lakes discovered last ... > full story
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  Unexpected Cooling Effect In Saturn's Upper Atmosphere

  January 25, 2007 — UK researchers from University College London (UCL), along with colleagues from Boston University, have found that the hotter than expected temperature of Saturn's upper atmosphere -- and that of the ... > full story
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  Surprises Continue Two Years After Probe's Landing On Saturn's Moon Titan

  January 17, 2007 — Two years ago, planetary scientists across the world watched as Europe and the US did something amazing. The Huygens descent module drifted down through the hazy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, ... > full story
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  Liquid Lakes On Saturn's Titan

  January 4, 2007 — The existence of oceans or lakes of liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan was predicted more than 20 years ago. But with a dense haze preventing a closer look it has not been possible to confirm ... > full story
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  Scientists Propose Alternate Model For Plume On Saturn's Moon Enceladus

  December 15, 2006 — What's causing all the commotion on Enceladus? Last year, when the Cassini spacecraft discovered an enormous plume erupting on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, scientists speculated that liquid ... > full story
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  Massive Mountain Range Imaged On Saturn's Moon Titan

  December 12, 2006 — The tallest mountains ever seen on Titan -- coated with layers of organic material and blanketed by clouds -- have been imaged by NASA's Cassini ... > full story
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  Saturn Joins Venus In The Vortex Club

  November 28, 2006 — Cassini's spectacular image of Saturn's polar vortex, published this month by NASA, may provide astronomers with a missing piece in the puzzle of how that planet's atmosphere works. For planetary ... > full story
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  Water In Saturn's Ionosphere

  November 28, 2006 — To learn more about Saturn's outer atmosphere, scientists use radio occultation, a method where radio signals are sent through Saturn's ionosphere to Earth from a nearby ... > full story

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