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New Ring Around Saturn

Posted by michael on from the radiation-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health dept.

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. Not a ring by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: 3, Informative

    The rings are icy chunks of matter. Radiation is not. Technically, it's not a ring.

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