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Saturn Rings But No Spokes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the look-at-the-pretty-pictures-bob dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists continue to ponder why images of Saturn's rings today lack the 'spokes' or dark radial bands radiating outward and first observed on the Voyager flyby. The Boulder-based Cassini Image Team describes 5 visible moons, plans for the descent probe going into the Titan moon's hydrocarbon-rich atmosphere and the expected orbital entry around Saturn less than 4 months from now."

2 of 132 comments (clear)

  1. Hydrocarbon-rich atmosphere? by GMontag · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hydrocarbon-rich atmosphere?

    More fuel for my hydrogen-powered
    Jeep!

    Good times baby :)

    --
    Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
  2. Re:Well, duh, haven't you read Niven? by Dr.Knackerator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Fithp force the human race into a condition of servile surrender

    So I assume they are here already? Or does being a wage slave in a 'democracy' that continously erodes our rights whilst we all sit and munch fried chicken watching the pap that the mass media serves us *not* count as servile surrender? :)