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New images from the Cassini spacecraft reveal rogue kilometresized objects punching through Saturn s Fring as the source of minijets seen emanating from the ring. Saturn s narrow Fring is already known to host a variety of dynamic features including channels, ripples and snowballs that are created by the gravitational influence of nearby moon Prometheus. While some snowballs are likely broken up by collisions and tidal forces, the new images reveal five hundred separate cases where small surviving