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NEWSALERT: Friday, October 29, 2004 @ 1949 GMT
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The latest news from Astronomy Now and Spaceflight Now
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CASSINI'S RADAR SHOWS TITAN'S YOUNG ACTIVE SURFACE
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The first radar images of Saturn's moon Titan show a very complex
geological surface that may be relatively young. Previously, Titan's
surface was hidden behind a veil of thick haze.
http://spaceflightnow.com/cassini/041029science.html
Radar imagery:
http://spaceflightnow.com/cassini/041028radarstrip.html
TWO VIEWS OF TITAN'S HAZE
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Titan's planet-wide stratospheric haze is observed in Cassini's first
close encounter with the shrouded moon. This image shows Titan's
night-side backlit by the Sun after the space probe's closest approach to
the moon. The haze layer ringing the planet is illuminated because the
small particles scatter significant sunlight in the forward direction.
http://spaceflightnow.com/cassini/041028titanhaze.html
GIGANTIC COSMIC CORKSCREW REVEALS NEW DETAILS
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Making an extra effort to image a faint, gigantic corkscrew traced by fast
protons and electrons shot out from a mysterious microquasar paid off for
a pair of astrophysicists who gained new insights into the beast's inner
workings and also resolved a longstanding dispute over the object's
distance.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0410/28corkscrew/
NASA WINS FINANCIAL AWARD
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NASA has been named the 2004 Agency of the Year by a federal organization
honoring excellence in financial management. NASA was honored for its
implementation of the Web Time and Attendance Distribution System
(WebTADS), a Web-based system that collects employee time and attendance
information.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0410/28financial/
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