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Remains of Shattered Moon Found in Saturn's Rings

Posted by samzenpus on from the deathstar-wanted-for-questioning dept.

Riding with Robots writes "Scientists have announced that they have used images from the robotic spacecraft Cassini to find moonlets embedded in Saturn's outer rings that are likely the remains of a larger moon that was shattered by an asteroid or comet. The team from the University of Colorado at Boulder that made the discovery has now posted details and pictures."

2 of 112 comments (clear)

  1. curious.... by Cutting_Crew · · Score: -1, Redundant

    how do they know it was from a moon? a ball of cheese? or star trek? give me a break that could be anything.

  2. That's no moon (oblig) by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That's the remains of a space station.

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