Probe sheds light on Saturn’s dark moon

A SPACECRAFT heading for Saturn has returned the first close-up pictures of the planet’s oddball moon, Phoebe.

The images sent back by the Cassini probe reveal a surface heavily potholed with craters and scarred by linear structures such as grooves, ridges and chains of pits.

Bright streaks and rays can be seen in and around craters, indicating the presence of ice.