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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."

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  1. Election! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, it's a bit like Dubya stealing the election!

    1. Re:Election! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Alas the rule is 50% + 1. God you americans are dumb fucks however. That's 4 times in the last 24 years you have elected a mentally subnormal President...