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Tales from Titan: Cassini's Huygens probe explores Saturn's mysterious moon.

From: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication  |  Date: 2/18/2005

TITAN, Saturn--Move over, Mars! Vanish, Venus! Saturn's the star of the solar system now. In the spotlight: Titan. Saturn's mysterious moon.

On January 14, a saucer-shaped probe named Huygens whizzed through Titan's atmosphere, snapping pictures faster than proud parents at Disneyland. The probe collected data and shot 350 images before its batteries, as planned, died out on the moon's subzero surface. But scientists say that's enough information to keep them busy for years.

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