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Mysterious particles spotted in Saturn’s atmosphere [1]

NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to yield surprising discoveries, more than a month after it burned up on its mission-ending dive into Saturn. New data from the probe suggest that Saturn's majestic rings are showering tiny dust particles into the planet's upper atmosphere, where they form a complicated and unexpected chemical mix.

Publication Date: 
18/10/2017
Alexandra Witze [2]
Nature [3]
Tags:
Planets [4], Physical Science [5], Space Technology [6], NASA [7]
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