It's a close encounter.(News) From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: June 12, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A SPACE probe flew past one of the Solar System's most mysterious objects last night.

American spacecraft Cassini passed Phoebe, an icy moon of Saturn, at a distance of just over 1200 miles.

Little is known about the moon, which was discovered in 1898.

It orbits Saturn in the opposite direction fro...

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