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Oxygen found on Saturn moon: Nasa spacecraft discovers Rhea has thin atmosphere rich in O2

Saturn's second-largest moon Rhea has a thin atmosphere filled with oxygen and carbon dioxide, scientists said today.The discovery by Nasa’s Cassini-Huygens mission is the first time a spacecraft has captured direct evidence of an oxygen atmosphere on a world other than Earth. LINK : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1333294/Oxygen-Saturn-moon-Nasa-s… added by: GoldenHeart