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Saturn Watch: Cassini finds two new moons and lightning

By Ron Cowen

- More than 2 years ago

The Cassini spacecraft has just begun its 4-year tour around Saturn, but the mission is already proving a tour de force.

CAPTURED BY SPACECRAFT. Artists’ depiction of high-frequency radio waves rolling out to Cassini’s orbit from lightning above Saturn (far left). NASA, JPL, Univ.