According to NASA, Cassini has taken an image of an object in Saturn's rings which appears to be a small moonlet. This object is newly dicovered, but is fairly small, being only about a half mile in diameter and is currently in the outer ring. It appears to be moving out of the rings. This represents an interesting opportunity here, Cassini may be witnessing the birth of a moon. It's theorized that several of Saturn's moons were created in the same fashion, to be able to witness such an event would be remarkable. Of course, as with all astronomical phenomenon, it'll probably take an extremely long time and we may never see the moon form completely. But even seeing a bit of the process could tell us quite a bit.
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