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  Cassini Captures New Views Of Haze-Enshrouded World

  April 11, 2005 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully flew by Saturn's moon Titan at a distance of 2,402 kilometers (1,493 miles) on Thursday, March 31. Cassini's multiple instruments are providing new ... > full story
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  Cassini Images Discover A Windy, Wavy Titan Atmosphere

  March 26, 2005 — Imaging scientists, analyzing images of Titan designed to allow views of the surface and lower atmosphere, have discovered that the winds on Titan blow a lot faster than the moon rotates. In ... > full story
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  Cassini Finds An Atmosphere On Saturn's Moon Enceladus

  March 22, 2005 — The Cassini spacecraft's two close flybys of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus have revealed that the moon has a significant atmosphere. Scientists, using Cassini's magnetometer instrument for ... > full story
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  NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Continues Making New Discoveries

  February 25, 2005 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues making new and exciting discoveries. New findings include wandering and rubble-pile moons; new and clumpy Saturn rings; splintering storms and a dynamic ... > full story
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  Saturn's A Ring Has Oxygen, But Not Life

  February 25, 2005 — Data from the Cassini-Huygens satellite showing oxygen ions in the atmosphere around Saturn's rings suggests once again that molecular oxygen alone isn't a reliable indicator of whether a ... > full story
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  Another Look At An Enigmatic New World

  February 24, 2005 — On January 14, 2005, the ESA Huygens probe arrived at Saturn's largest satellite, Titan. After a faultless descent through the dense atmosphere, it touched down on the icy surface of this strange ... > full story
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  Titan's Atmosphere Comes From Ammonia, Huygens Data Say

  February 23, 2005 — Cassini-Huygens supplied new evidence about why Titan has an atmosphere, making it unique among all solar system moons, a University of Arizona planetary scientist says. Scientists can infer from ... > full story
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  Researchers Find Saturn's Radio Emissions, Bright Auroras Linked

  February 23, 2005 — Just as the static on an AM radio grows louder with the approach of a summer lightning storm, strong radio emissions accompany bright auroral spots -- similar to Earth's northern lights -- on the ... > full story
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  Saturn's Moons Titan And Enceladus Seen By Cassini

  February 22, 2005 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has had a busy week, snapping stunning new images of two of Saturn's moons -- smoggy Titan on Feb. 15 and wrinkled Enceladus on Feb. 16. Visible in radar images ... > full story
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  Cassini's Radar Spots Giant Crater On Titan

  February 18, 2005 — A giant impact crater the size of Iowa was spotted on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during Tuesday's Titan ... > full story

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