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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!"

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  1. The Death Star by minus_273 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    aaah the death star .. we are all doomed!

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  2. Herschel by mikekinasz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Herschel Photo

    http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/poll/index.c fm?pollContentID=12&getDetails=Yes&indexPage=No

    I must be tired.... when I first saw this I thought it was the "Death Star"