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Stories about: F ring

Saturn's F Ring Reveals Giant Snowballs A group of investigators has recently presented new evidence that suggest two of Saturn's moons play an important part in creating disturbances in the gas giant's F ring. The structure was discovered only a few decades ago, but it has been undergoing important changes ever since. Researchers have been searc... 21 July 2010 02:01 GMT Prometheus Wreaks Havoc in Saturn's F Ring A recently released picture of the F Ring around Saturn shows it being obliterated on a certain portion by the passing of the tiny moon Prometheus through it. The image was snapped by the NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft on August 21. The probe, which has been orbiting the gas giant for many years, took advantage of its d... 26 November 2009 21:01 GMT Perturbations in Saturnian F Ring Caused by Moonlet Collisions A team of researchers from the UK states that Saturn's F ring is the most dynamic of all other rings, since it can change its features either in only a few hours or in a couple of years, probably due to large scale collisions taking place inside it. If this is truly the case, then the further study of the proces... 6 June 2008 02:35 GMT