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Ice Cloud Heralds Fall at Titan's South Pole
04.11.13 - An ice cloud taking shape over Titan’s south pole is the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon.
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Blame it on the Rain (from Saturn's Rings)
04.10.13 - A study partially funded by NASA finds that charged-water "rain" from Saturn's rings falls across large swaths of the planet.
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Saturn is Like an Antiques Shop, Cassini Suggests
03.27.13 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft analyzes the water ice and color distribution in the Saturn system, revealing gently worn, vintage goods.
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'Hot Spots' Ride a Merry-Go-Round on Jupiter
03.14.13 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft tracks the shifting shape of holes in Jupiter's atmosphere over time.
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Cassini Returns Images of Battered Saturn Moon
03.11.13 - Craters and a curious feature are visible in images of Rhea returned by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Cassini Makes Last Close Flyby of Saturnian Moon Rhea
03.07.13 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft will use its instruments to probe the internal structure of the icy Saturnian moon Rhea.
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Cassini Spies Bright Venus From Saturn Orbit
03.04.13 - A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn.
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Cassini Sheds Light on Cosmic Particle Accelerators
02.19.13 - Studying the flow of solar wind around Saturn's magnetic field enables scientists working with NASA's Cassini spacecraft to study the nature of far-off supernova explosions.
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Cassini Sees Titan Cooking up Smog
02.04.13 - A new paper details how the aerosol particles on Saturn's smog-shrouded moon get their start, suggesting ways such particles can form in the atmospheres of other worlds.
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NASA's Cassini Watches Storm Choke on Its Own Tail
01.31.13 - Scientists see a monstrous thunder-and-lightning storm sputter out after it churns around the planet and encounters its own wake.
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Titan Gets a Dune "Makeover"
01.17.13 - Saturn's largest moon may look much younger than it really is because its craters are getting erased.
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When Huygens Met Titan
01.14.13 - A new animation celebrates the 8th anniversary of the European Space Agency's Huygens probe landing on Saturn's moon Titan. It was delivered there by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Cassini Suggests Icing on a Lake
01.08.13 - A new model by scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission finds that hydrocarbon ice might float on lakes on Saturn's largest moon.
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Cassini Instrument Learns New Tricks
12.20.12 - NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is using its visual and infrared mapping spectrometer for more than looking at hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon Titan and dirt in Saturn's rings.
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From Cassini for the Holidays: A Splendor Seldom Seen
12.18.12 - Just in time for the holidays, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn for more than eight years now, has delivered another glorious, backlit view of the planet Saturn and its rings.
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Cassini Spots Mini Nile River on Saturn Moon
12.12.12 - Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature, extraterrestrial likeness of the Nile River.
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Swirling Storms on Saturn
11.28.12 - NASA's Cassini spots roiling storm clouds and a swirling vortex at Saturn's north pole.
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NASA's Cassini Sees Abrupt Turn in Titan's Atmosphere
11.28.12 - Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft tie a shift in seasonal sunlight to a wholesale reversal, at unexpected altitudes, in the circulation of the atmosphere of Titan.
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Cassini Finds a Video Gamers' Paradise at Saturn
11.26.12 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots another "Pac-Man"-shaped feature, this time on Saturn's moon Tethys.
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A Scroll Through Memory Lane With Cassini
11.09.12 - A new, interactive version of a timeline of NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn is now available online.