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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. About the Glowing Moon by Cabriel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Space.com has a free article which deals in part with Titan's glowing nature. The last four paragraphs, specifically: Click Here

  2. Just try to imagine living on Titan by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Rarely seeing space because of the thick clouds. The sky lit up for extended periods with lightning. Every so often the clouds clear and what do you see: a f**king gigantic banded sphere dominating the beyond with beautiful stripy rings sweeping from one side of the sky to the other. Then the clouds close again as more hydrocarbons rain down onto the slowly undulating ocean waves. A slimy tentacle emerges from the sea onto the beach...

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