Cassini movie shows blazing trails in Saturn’s F-ring
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 11:00
in Astronomy & Space
New images from the Cassini spacecraft reveal rogue kilometre-sized objects punching through Saturn’s F-ring as the source of ‘mini-jets’ seen emanating from the ring.
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