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The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

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The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

Saturn has a smorgasbord of little moons. The final few orbits the Cassini spacecraft made before it disintegrated in the planet’s atmosphere allowed it to observe five of the planet’s small inner moons up close.

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Saturn’s rings formed in a smash-up less than 100 million years ago

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Cassini revealed three big surprises before diving into Saturn

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Spectacular new photos of Titan show Saturn's moon like never before

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Spectacular new photos of Titan show Saturn's moon like never before

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Enceladus plumes

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Enceladus is spewing out organic molecules necessary for life

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Return to Titan: Why this icy world is our best bet to find life

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Private mission may get us back to Enceladus sooner than NASA

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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Astronaut wee could show us how the plumes on Enceladus work

The way spaceships vent urine and water may be a good stand-in for studying how jets of vapour escape the hidden ocean on one of Saturn’s icy moons

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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart

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Watching Cassini’s last moments from inside NASA mission control

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Cassini takes last look at the ring patterns made by mini moons

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Final pictures from Cassini as probe smashes into Saturn

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