Pictures: Huge "Snowballs" Seen Piercing Saturn's Outer Ring
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 19:30
in Astronomy & Space
Odd objects seen sailing through the planet's outer F ring create glittering trails of ice dubbed mini-jets, researchers have announced.
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