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Saying Goodbye to Cassini
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Cassini, a brave explorer that was dispatched to study a distant ringed world, has died.
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Video description: From meteorites that impact Earth, to a moon that orbits backwards, to an imposter lurking in the asteroid belt, a variety of strange, wandering worlds are rewriting what we know – and even how we think about – our solar system.
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