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Phoebe: Quirky, Mystical, Magical Moon
Jupiter :: FL :: USA | 1 year ago
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All thatbut the one I'm talking about is the moon of Saturn, once thought to be a captured comet, and now believed by some scientists to be something much rarer: a captured planetesimal . Phoebe: a bit more than 120 miles acrossand more potato-shaped
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Saturn's moon Phoebe could have been a planet [Space]
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Saturn's moon Phoebe could have been a planet When it comes to Saturn's moons, Phoebe tends to be overshadowed by its siblings. Titan 's size earns her the title of Saturn's biggest moon (and the second-biggest moon in our solar system), while
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IN PICS: Mystery object punches Saturn's ring
Mumbai :: India | 1 year ago
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N ew images from National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Cassini spacecraft show rogue kilometre-sized objects punching through Saturn's F-ring and leaving glittering trails -- dubbed 'mini-jets' -- behind them...Mystery object punches Saturn'
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Glittering trails of giant snowballs seen in weirdest ring of Saturn [Video]
Vienna :: Austria | 1 year ago
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Glittering trails of giant snowballs seen in weirdest ring of Saturn Weird half-mile-sized objects have now been seen punching through what may be Saturn's strangest ring, leaving sparkling trails behind them. And researchers say these findings could
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Cassini spots tears in Saturn's rings
McLean :: VA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Science team Visit Science Fair for your daily dose of scientific news, from dinosaurs to distant galaxies. Science Fair is written by science reporters Dan Vergano and Elizabeth Weise and weather reporter Doyle Rice. Their subjects are often
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Far-off cousin of part-time African lake discovered on Saturn`s moon
Windhoek :: Namibia | 1 year ago
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Far-off cousin of part-time African lake discovered on Saturn's moon Tags : Etosha Pan in Namibia , Saturn`s moon Titan , Africa Washington: Researchers have found a region on Saturn's moon Titan, which is similar to the Etosha Pan in Namibia,
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A breathtaking reminder of just how gigantic Jupiter really is [Space Porn]
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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A breathtaking reminder of just how gigantic Jupiter really is If you're looking for a reminder of how impossibly huge Jupiter is, just take a gander at this image from Cassini. That tiny satellite in front is Io...which is almost the same size and
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More Enceladus info from Cassini probe
A couple of days ago, the NASA probe, Cassini, on its mission to the moons of Saturn, made one of its closest flybys of the moon Enceladus, making its pass by of the south pole of the moon at a distance of 74 kilometres. It
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Saturna€™s gravity `stresses` icy moona€™s erupting jets
Pasadena :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Saturn's gravity 'stresses' icy moon's erupting jets Washington: The strong pull of Saturn's gravity stretches and strains massive fissures on one of the planet's icy moons that spray icy, geyser-like jets, a new has revealed. Cassini spacecraft, in
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Instrument on Cassini craft working again
Pasadena :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Monday the plasma spectrometer, which measures the energy of electrons and protons, is back in business after engineers spent months troubleshooting the problem. The instrument was turned off as a precaution last June after
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