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7 Nov 2012 23:33
A jaw-dropping picture of the planet Saturn was recently released by NASA's Cassini probe orbiting the ringed giant. The black-and-white photo shows the gas giant tilted, with its iconic rings draping striking shadows against the planet's atmosphere. A faint dot in the top middle of the image, which you might be forgiven for thinking was a speck on your monitor, is actually Saturn's moon Mimas. The moon, at 246 miles (396 kilometers) across, is dwarfed by its much larger parent. When seen up clo...
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