Forensic Sleuthing Ties Ring Ripples To Impacts

Like forensic scientists examining fingerprints at a cosmic crime scene, scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini, Galileo and New Horizons missions have traced telltale ripples in the rings of Saturn and Jupiter back to collisions with cometary fragments dating back more than 10 years ago.

Read more at: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Forensic_Sleuthing_Ties_Ring_Ripples_T...