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Astronomers have noticed a change on Saturn. The planet's rings are getting thinner and thinner and the details in the dark bands are getting harder to observe. What's more, at this rate, Saturn's rings will have completely vanished by Sept. 4, 2009!
But don't pack up your telescopes quite yet, there's no reason to be ...
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Cassini keeps on brining us surprises from Saturn and its moons. Recently, it helped us narrow down the length of a day on Saturn. Now, infrared data from the spacecraft confirms a hot, hexagonal cyclone spinning away at the north pole of of the planet.
The south polar hot spot had been previously observed, and was [...]
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If you were on the surface of Saturn, how long would a day last? This has remained a mystery for scientists, because the thick clouds of gas obscure the surface of the planet from direct observation by telescopes or orbiters. Below all those clouds there is a surface that rotates at a constant speed. Since [...]
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