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Cassini Confirms New Moon of Saturn

pipcorona writes ""In a spectacular kick-off to its first season of prime ring viewing, which began last month, the Cassini spacecraft has confirmed earlier suspicions of an unseen moon hidden in a gap in Saturn's outer A ring. A new image and movie show the new moon and the waves it raises in the surrounding ring material."

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  1. Good use of science money by qurk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    At least this money is going to find new and useful things. Unlike my state (Kansas) which seems to think that the board of education needs to make us all a laughingstock and put their damn religion in our schools in every science textbook. Why not just require a class, like "Majority religion/philosophy-science indocrination". Look, I learned a LOT from reading Isaac Asimov essays, is there a reason I had to go the the library and check out books of essays from a science fiction author to learn about science? Ya! My state board of education is really badass, getting the job done, and is really cool!

  2. Re:3 Simple Suggestions for Slashdot by Fizzl · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh please god no!
    What are you on? That would make /. look like a gay christmas tree. All of your suggestions are horrible.
    1. If you need images, post a link. If you don't have your own webserver or atleast host space to put images on, please hand back your /. UID.
    2. Emoticons are plaque of messageboards. I want to strangle someone each time I use MSN after fresh install and haven't turned them off. What ever happened to the good old smileys?
    3. Ok, you just have to be trolling...

  3. That's not a moon! That's a... by Jugalator · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... unsually large particle in Saturn's ring system??

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  4. In space no one can see your color? by cnschulz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    umm... can anyone explain why they dont send color cameras into space? every picture seems to be either black and white or post-processed into some wierd infra-something false color. give us real color! the truth is out there!

  5. Re:You're off topic, and stupid. too by meadowsp · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about making you really THINK about the implausable idea that the earth is flat or the unlikely explanation that its round.