Last July, the Cassini spacecraft passed through a clearing in Saturn’s outermost major ring and recorded a set of wavy features at the gap’s edges. To explain the ripples, scientists predicted the existence of a new Saturnian moon. But, they couldn’t tell for sure, because until this spring, Cassini orbited Saturn in the same plane as the rings.
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