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  Cassini Finds Prometheus A Sculptor Of Saturn's Rings

  October 27, 2005 — Images of Saturn's narrow and contorted F ring returned by cameras onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed phenomena not previously detected in any planetary ring. The F ring is notorious for ... > full story
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  Titan's Enigmatic Infrared-Bright Spot Is Surface Make-Up

  October 11, 2005 — A 300-mile-wide patch that outshines everything else on Titan at long infrared wavelengths appears not to be a mountain, a cloud or a geologically active hot spot, University of Arizona scientists ... > full story
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  Cassini's Doubleheader Flybys Score Home Run

  October 1, 2005 — Cassini performed back-to-back flybys of Saturn moons Tethys and Hyperion last weekend, coming closer than ever before to each of them. Tethys has a scarred, ancient surface, while Hyperion is a ... > full story
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  Ghostly Spokes In Saturn's Rings Spotted By Cassini

  September 17, 2005 — Scientists are celebrating the first Cassini spacecraft sighting of spokes, the ghostly radial markings discovered in Saturn's rings by NASA's Voyager spacecraft 25 years ago. A sequence of images ... > full story
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  Cassini Radar Images Show Dramatic Shoreline On Titan

  September 17, 2005 — Images returned during Cassini's recent flyby of Titan show captivating evidence of what appears to be a large shoreline cutting across the smoggy moon's southern hemisphere. Hints that this area was ... > full story
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  Tiny Enceladus May Hold Ingredients Of Life

  September 6, 2005 — Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus is "absolutely a highlight" of the Cassini mission and should be targeted in future searches for life, Robert H. Brown of The University of Arizona, leader of the Cassini ... > full story
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  New Observations Show Dynamic Particle Clumps In Saturn's A Ring

  September 6, 2005 — New observations from the Cassini spacecraft now at Saturn indicate the particles comprising one of its most prominent rings are trapped in ever-changing clusters of debris that are regularly torn ... > full story
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  Cassini Reveals New Details About Saturn's Rings

  September 5, 2005 — Imaging scientists on Cassini have spent their summer vacations having more fun than kids at a carnival. Analyzing fantastic new results from Cassini's first season of prime ring viewing, they are ... > full story
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  Cassini Finds Enceladus Tiger Stripes Are Really Cubs

  August 31, 2005 — The Cassini spacecraft has discovered the long, cracked features dubbed "tiger stripes" on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are very young -- between 10 and 1,000 years young. These findings support ... > full story
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  Saturn's Rings Have Own Atmosphere

  August 21, 2005 — Data from the Cassini spacecraft indicate that Saturn's majestic ring system has its own atmosphere - separate from that of the planet itself. During its close fly-bys of the ring system, instruments ... > full story

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