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Cassini takes last look at the ring patterns made by mini moons

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Cassini takes last look at the ring patterns made by mini moons

These unusual patterns in Saturn's rings give us clues towhat happens when planets are born, and may help us understand how our solar system formed

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Final pictures from Cassini as probe smashes into Saturn

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Final pictures from Cassini as probe smashes into Saturn

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Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

Space

Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

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Space

Cassini's Grand Finale: The ups and downs of our 20-year mission

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What Cassini saw...

Space

Cassini's Grand Finale: The spacecraft that unveiled Saturn

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<i>The Farthest</i>: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

Space

The Farthest: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

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Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

Space

Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

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Cassini’s 10 best pictures from its 13-year voyage around Saturn

Space

Cassini’s 10 best pictures from its 13-year voyage around Saturn

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Space

Cassini's legacy: Where next in the search for alien life

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Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

Space

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

The Cassini spacecraft is passing by Titan on its final nosedive into Saturn. Plenty has been revealed about Saturn’s largest moon on Cassini’s 20-year mission

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Our sun probably didn’t steal Planet Nine from outer space

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The sun just belched out the strongest solar flare in 12 years

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Jupiter’s powerful aurora is surprisingly different from Earth’s

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Earth

Asteroid Florence buzzes Earth in closest fly-by since 1890

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