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Cassini's Got Pictures And Data

Posted by Zonk on from the mmmm-data dept.

MythMoth writes "To celebrate the anniversary of the Cassini-Huygens probe's orbital insertion, NASA's JPL has a set of fifteen amazing photos from the past year. Meanwhile, the BBC reports that some of the latest science data from the mission reveals that Saturn's ring system has its own (thin) O2 atmosphere, and that the planet's rotation seems to be slowing!"

2 of 109 comments (clear)

  1. O2 Atmosphere + Water by nxtr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How come none of these so-called 'scientists' ever check out things that have water ice for life? We're all so crazy about finding it on Mars, but why not Saturn?

  2. Re:and they did it without a shuttle! by Bad+D.N.A. · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What.. you look up the word "Lagrange" and hence you're a "Tom-Cruse" type expert on the scientific progress of current space missions? It's "glib" such comments that amount to nothing but FUD on an the scientific progress that has been made in the last decase.

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