The formation of strange flying-saucer-shaped moons embedded in Saturn's rings have baffled scientists. New findings suggest they're born largely from clumps of icy particles in the rings themselves, an insight that could shed light on how Earth and other planets coalesced from the disk of matter that once surrounded our newborn sun.
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Saturn's Greatest Hits (Includes links to images of Saturn and its moons and an online vote for best image captured by the Cassini orbiter.)
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[Image above captured of Saturn on 04/04/05 using Celestia software.]
