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Five images of Saturn's rings, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft between 2009 and 2012

NASA Probe Observes Meteors Colliding With Saturn's ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids breaking into streams of rubble and crashing into Saturn's rings.

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Titan lake country

Titan's Methane - Going, Going, Soon to Be Gone?

NASA's Cassini mission tracks long-lived lakes in Titan's northern hemisphere and finds that the moon's methane may be disappearing.

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The change of seasons on Titan is creating new cloud patterns at Titan's south pole. Here, a combination of red, green and blue images taken by the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a vortex over the south pole in natural color.

Ice Cloud Heralds Fall at Titan's South Pole

An ice cloud taking shape over Titan’s south pole is the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes in the ...

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This artist's concept illustrates how charged water particles flow into the Saturnian atmosphere from the planet's rings

Blame it on the Rain (from Saturn's Rings)

A study partially funded by NASA finds that charged-water "rain" from Saturn's rings falls across large swaths of the planet.

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Three of Saturn's moons

Saturn is Like an Antiques Shop, Cassini Suggests

NASA's Cassini spacecraft analyzes the water ice and color distribution in the Saturn system, revealing gently worn, vintage goods.

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Spying on Senkyo

Titan

The Cassini spacecraft peers through Titan's thick clouds to spy on the region dubbed "Senkyo" by scientists. The dark features include vast fields of dunes, composed of solid hydrocarbon particles ...

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Mimas Peeks Over Saturn

Saturn and its north polar hexagon dwarf Mimas

Saturn and its north polar hexagon dwarf Mimas as the moon peeks over the planet's limb. Saturn's A ring also makes an appearance on the far right. Mimas is 246 miles (396 kilometers) across.

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Vortices Bump into a Hot Spot in Jupiter's Atmosphere.

Series of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft

In this series of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, a dark, rectangular hot spot (top) interacts with a line of vortices that approaches from on the upper-right side (second panel). The ...

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