Saturn's F Ring Bashed By 1/2-Mile-Sized Objects | Video
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 10:20
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted the mysterious objects creating trails in the rings that scientists are calling 'mini-jets'. Some of these objects travel in groups creating rippling swirls and eddies in the planet's strange ring.
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