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  Cassini Sheds Light on Cosmic Particle Accelerators

  February 19, 2013 — During a chance encounter with what appears to be an unusually strong blast of solar wind at Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected particles being accelerated to ultra-high energies. This is ... > full story
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  Unlocking the Mystery Behind Saturn's Moonlets

  February 14, 2013 — New research by physicists casts new light on Saturn's moonlets -- and could help solve some of the mysteries surrounding planet formation. Saturn's F ring has long been of interest to scientists as ... > full story
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  Cassini Sees Saturn's Moon Titan Cooking Up Smog

  February 4, 2013 — Newly published research using data from NASA's Cassini mission describes in more detail than ever before how aerosols in the highest part of the atmosphere are kick-started at Saturn's moon Titan. ... > full story
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  NASA's Cassini Watches Saturn Storm Choke on Its Own Tail

  January 31, 2013 — Call it a Saturnian version of the Ouroboros, the mythical serpent that bites its own tail. In a new paper that provides the most detail yet about the life and death of a monstrous ... > full story
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  Saturn's Largest Moon Titan Gets a Dune 'Makeover'

  January 17, 2013 — Titan's siblings must be jealous. While most of Saturn's moons display their ancient faces pockmarked by thousands of craters, Titan -- Saturn's largest moon -- may look much younger than it really ... > full story
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  Icing on a Lake: Blocks of Hydrocarbon Ice Might Decorate Surface of Lakes and Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan

  January 8, 2013 — It's not exactly icing on a cake, but it could be icing on a lake. A new paper by scientists on NASA's Cassini mission finds that blocks of hydrocarbon ice might decorate the surface of existing ... > full story
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  Saturn Mission: Cassini Instrument Learns New Tricks

  December 20, 2012 — For seven years, a mini-fridge-sized instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft reliably investigated weather patterns swirling around Saturn; the hydrocarbon composition of the surface of Saturn's ... > full story
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  From Cassini for the Holidays: Backlit View of Saturn and Its Rings

  December 18, 2012 — Just in time for the holidays, NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn for more than eight years now, has delivered another glorious, backlit view of the planet Saturn and its ... > full story
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  Cassini Spots Mini Nile River on Saturn's Moon Titan

  December 12, 2012 — Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature, extraterrestrial likeness of Earth's Nile River: a river valley on Saturn's moon Titan that stretches more than 200 ... > full story
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  Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon, Icier Than Thought

  December 4, 2012 — Scientists have long suspected that a vast ocean of liquid water lies under the crusty exterior of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. New analysis suggests that the internally generated heat that keeps ... > full story

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