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Saturn has a fuzzy core, spread over more than half the planet’s diameter

A wave in one of the rings reveals the size and composition of the planet’s core

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Minute ripples in the rings of Saturn, seen in this 2010 image from the Cassini spacecraft, are helping astronomers deduce details about the planet’s hidden core.

Cassini, JPL-Caltech/NASA, Space Science Institute

By Ken Croswell

- More than 2 years ago

One of Saturn’s rings has revealed properties of its core, hidden deep beneath the planet’s golden atmosphere.