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T-47: Huygens Landing Site on Titan Revisited
VIMS observes the Huygens probe landing site, and UVIS observes a star (Beta Cma) through Titan's atmosphere, using the star as a "flashlight" to study Titan's atmospheric structure and composition.
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Cassini Finds Mysterious New Aurora on Saturn
Saturn has its own unique brand of aurora that lights up the polar cap, unlike any other planetary aurora known in our solar system. This odd aurora revealed itself to one of the infrared instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Giant Cyclones at Saturn's Poles Create a Swirl of Mystery
New images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a giant cyclone at Saturn's north pole, and show that a similarly monstrous cyclone churning at Saturn's south pole is powered by Earth-like storm patterns.
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Cassini Judges Promote 79 Essays to Final Round
After a series of marathon reading sessions, the contest's judges have concluded the first elimination round. The 110 students who worked on these essays, and their teachers, have been invited to participate in a series of teleconferences to discuss the results with Cassini scientists in early December. The winners will be announced in mid-December.
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Over the Limb
The Cassini spacecraft acquired this view of Enceladus just after the spacecraft passed within 25 kilometers (15 miles) of the surface on Oct. 9, 2008. Remarkably, only a handful of craters are visible in this view, indicating the relatively young age of this surface.
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Saturn's View of Titan
The Cassini spacecraft looks through Titan's thick atmosphere to reveal bright and dark terrains on the Saturn-facing side of the planet's largest moon. North is up.
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Wrapped in Ribbons
Long streamers of cloud encircle the south polar region of Saturn. Farther poleward, or toward lower left, faint, deeper atmospheric structures lurk beneath the haze.
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