Cassini Shows Close Up of Iapetus

dazza101 writes "The Cassini spacecraft passed within 72,000 kms of the Saturn moon Iapetus yesterday, taking a series of spectacular images of this intriguing moons rugged surface. An excellent prelude to what promises to be one of the major stories of the new year, the plunge of the Huygens probe into Titan's atmosphere on January 24."

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Re:If that's no space station, what is it?

[dn15]

And I'm concerned that whatever did it might still be bouncing around the universe somewhere.

Even if it is, does it matter? I don't see how this would be any greater cause for concern than the objects that made other huge craters on other planets/moons/etc. I mean, respectfully, it's not news that there are big things floating out in space, or that some of them have collided with other objects. And if it does head our way, I have faith in Bruce Willis.