Saturn's Rings Now Seen Possessing New Chemical Complexity (IMAGE)

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Saturn's Rings Now Seen Possessing New Chemical Complexity

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During Cassini's 'Grand Finale' plunge into Saturn's innermost ring and upper atmosphere in 2017, the mass spectrometer aboard the probe sampled chemicals at altitudes between Saturn's rings and atmosphere.

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