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  What's That Sparkle in Cassini's Eye?

  December 1, 2011 — The moon Enceladus, one of the jewels of the Saturn system, sparkles peculiarly bright in new images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The images of the moon, the first ever taken of Enceladus ... > full story
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  Cassini Chronicles Life of Saturn's Giant Storm

  November 21, 2011 — New images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that ravaged the northern face of Saturn for nearly a ... > full story
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  Lightning Sprites Are out-of-This-World: 'Sprites' Predicted in Atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn and Venus

  November 21, 2011 — Lightning storms on planets like Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars may also produce "sprites," bursts of electric energy. Scientists have re-created the atmospheres of these planets to produce artificial ... > full story
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  Orion's Belt Lights Up Cassini's View of Enceladus

  October 19, 2011 — NASA's Cassini mission will take advantage of the position of two of the three stars in Orion's belt when the spacecraft flies by Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 19. As the hot, bright stars pass ... > full story
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  Titanic Jigsaw Challenge: Piecing Together a Global Color Map of Saturn's Largest Moon

  October 4, 2011 — An international team has pieced together images gathered over six years by the Cassini mission to create a global mosaic of the surface of ... > full story
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  Saturn's Geyser Moon Enceladus Shows Off for NASA's Cassini

  October 3, 2011 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its Oct. 1 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and its jets of water vapor and ice. At its closest approach, the spacecraft flew approximately 62 miles ... > full story
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  Saturn's Moon Enceladus Spreads Its Influence

  September 22, 2011 — Chalk up one more feat for Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus. The small, dynamic moon spews out dramatic plumes of water vapor and ice -- first seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. It ... > full story
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  Cassini Presents Saturn Moon Quintet

  September 19, 2011 — With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a new portrait of five of Saturn's moons poised along the planet's ... > full story
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  Cassini Closes in on Saturn's Tumbling Moon Hyperion

  August 27, 2011 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured new views of Saturn's oddly shaped moon Hyperion during its encounter with a cratered body on Aug. 25. Raw images were acquired as the spacecraft flew past the moon ... > full story
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  What Caused a Giant Arrow-Shaped Cloud on Saturn's Moon Titan?

  August 15, 2011 — Why does Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have what looks like an enormous white arrow about the size of Texas on its surface? A research group has answered this question by using a global circulation ... > full story

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