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Prometheus Caught Stealing From Saturn's Rings

Posted by timothy on from the restitution-might-be-tough dept.

merryprankster writes "Saturn's Moon Prometheus is living up to the reputation of its Greek namesake. New Scientist is reporting that the latest images from the Cassini probe show the moon "stealing" material for Saturn's F-ring. Evidence of this had been seen by Cassini in the past in the form of "streamers" and gravitation wobbles within the rings but more fantastic images have now caught the thief in the act."

6 of 35 comments (clear)

  1. Ring-stealing Theif! by the+darn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fithly Greek Godses! They steals our preciousss orbital debris...

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  2. Re:Hey....it's all mythological-like.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, it's all fun and games until someone gets their liver eaten by an eagle.

  3. Gravity by mknewman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gravity sucks, doesn't it?

  4. Re:Moonlet? by dpilot · · Score: 2, Funny

    We're being pulled toward that small moon.
    That's not a moon, that's a spaceship!

    (as long as this topic is on the same day as another "Star Wars: The Phantom Edit" discussion.)

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  5. Re:Hey....it's all mythological-like.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd be more concerned with what Prometheus does when he steals something. What'd he do with the fire? Oh, right, he gave it straight to mankind. What's he going to do with the ice? Oh crap.

  6. Copyright! by Daagar · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not stealing, it's copyright infringement. How many times must we go over this. Oh, wait...