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One of the wildest aspects of the study is that the findings did not come from measuring the core directly—something we’ve never been able to do. Instead, the researchers turned to seismographic data on Saturn’s rings first collected by @NASA’s Cassini mission. — PolitiTweet.org

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“The conventional picture for Saturn or Jupiter’s interior structure is that of a compact core of rocky or icy material, surrounded by a lower-density envelope of hydrogen and helium,” says @chkvch, who ran the study along with his @Caltech colleague Jim Fuller. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Saturn essentially rings like a bell at all times,” says @chkvch. As the core wobbles, it creates gravitational perturbations that affect the surrounding rings—subtle “waves” that can be measured. — PolitiTweet.org

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