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Ripples in Saturn’s Rings Reveal Planet’s Core Is Big and Jiggly

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A team of astrophysicists looking at data from the Cassini spacecraft’s tour of Saturn have estimated a new size for the planet’s core. Studying gravitational effects on the icy rings, the team determined that Saturn’s core is a combination of ice, rock, hydrogen, and helium about 50 times as massive as Earth, making…

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Source: gizmodo.com