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Published online 5 July 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040705-3

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Cassini lifts Titan's hazy veil

Moon gives hints of hydrocarbons in hot spots.

After a white-knuckle ride through Saturn's rings, the Cassini space probe is starting to send back results that puzzle scientists.

Cassini inserted itself into orbit around Saturn on 1 July, and swung past the planet's largest moon, Titan, just two days later.

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