WTF is floating around Saturn?Mike Wehner @MikeWehner
October 18th, 2017 at 6:48 PM
http://bgr.com/2017/10/18/science-news-saturn-cassini-discovery/Image Source: NASA/JPLNASA Cassini spacecraft performed its final, fateful dive into Saturn several weeks ago, destroying itself in the planet’s atmosphere and ending an incredible mission that spanned nearly two full decades. Today, even though its mechanical body has been vaporized, the information it sent back during its time in orbit continues to surprise scientists. The most recent example of this is a newly-discovered quirk with Saturn’s atmosphere which
researchers are struggling to explain.
During Cassini’s daring trips between Saturn and its iconic rings, the spacecraft’s powerful mass spectrometer picked up a puzzling mix of chemicals that made NASA’s scientists scratch their heads. The most likely explanation? Saturn’s gorgeous rings are shedding.
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