Mysterious particles spotted in Saturn’s atmosphere

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to yield surprising discoveries, more than a month after it burned up on its mission-ending dive into Saturn. New data from the probe suggest that Saturn's majestic rings are showering tiny dust particles into the planet's upper atmosphere, where they form a complicated and unexpected chemical mix.

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http://www.nature.com/news/mysterious-particles-spotted-in-saturn-s-atmosphere-1.22838
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18/10/2017