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New Ring Around Saturn

The Fun Guy writes "From the New York Times: 'In its first month orbiting Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft has detected a new radiation belt in an unexpected place, its invisible swarm of trapped high-energy particles circling the planet inside the inner edge of Saturn's signature disk of luminous rings.' Cassini has also seen 'a striking glow emanating day and night from the planet's largest moon, Titan.' A moon that shines with unborrowed light!"

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  1. It could be worse... by pyrrhonist · · Score: 4, Funny

    There could be a new ring around Uranus.

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  2. Dammit! by new+death+barbie · · Score: 3, Funny

    The last one off Titan was supposed to turn off the light!

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