Thursday, 3 September 2015

At Saturn, One of These Rings is not like the Others

The planet Saturn, viewed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its 2009 equinox.

One section of Saturn's rings may be loaded with chunks of solid ice, possibly shards from a destroyed moon, according to a new study by Cassini scientists.





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