#August2012

Saturn ninjas its own rings with SHADOWS of DOOM. Or something.

Cassini has been capable of capturing some pretty righteous space pictures as it goes about in the Saturn system. This little bit of lighting awesomeness is only the latest example. Where be the rings, you ask? Double doi! I respond. In the shadow.

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OH GOD WE’VE DISCOVERED A NEW SUBATOMIC PARTICLE. HIGGS-SOMETHING-SOMETHING.

Don’t pay attention to the fact that no one is saying we’ve actually found the Higgs Boson and just be sensational. It’s the Fourth of July. I’m sure you’re lubed up on oak sodas and seared animal flesh. Let’s dance.

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