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Astronaut wee could show us how the plumes on Enceladus work

17 October 2017

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

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

17 October 2017

The gravity from seven of its moons stops Saturn’s bright outer ring from spreading out and dispersing into space, according to Cassini spacecraft measurements

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