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Saturn splendour

Source: BBC

Greenwich : CT : USA | 4 months ago

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Saturn, with her majestic rings and mysterious icy moons, has long captured the imagination. This week, images from the Cassini spacecraft revealing the secrets of the ringed planet went on display at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. Cassini, a joint mission of Nasa, the European Space...

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Saturn splendour

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