US EditionCassini’s Final Mission Reveals a Hidden Halo Around Saturn’s Rings
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The Cassini probe made its last orbits, called Grand Finale Orbits (GFO), in 2017, before embarking on Saturn's atmosphere. During these GFOs, the probe collected dust samples above and below Saturn's rings for analysis with its Cosmic Dust Analyser (CDA). Researchers published [...]
Cassini’s Final Mission Reveals a Hidden Halo Around Saturn’s Rings
New data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveals that Saturn’s iconic rings extend far beyond the thin plane we’ve long observed through telescopes. During its final orbits in 2017, Cassini discovered a hidden “halo” of dust particles reaching up to three times the planet’s radius. Saturn’s rings have fascinated astronomers for centuries, but Cassini’s close observations have provided unprecedented detail. This groundbreaking discovery, published…
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