In its last days, the Cassini spacecraft looped between Saturn and its rings so that Earth-based radio telescopes could track the gravitational tug of each. Scientists have now used these …read more Source:: Science
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Electrical and chemical coupling between Saturn and its rings
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•A Langmuir probe, flown to Saturn on the Cassini spacecraft, has made exciting discoveries in the atmosphere of the planet. They discovered that there is a strong coupling, both chemically …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft ends its historic exploration of Saturn
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•A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system has come to a close, as NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its …read more Source:: Science