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Published online 19 January 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050117-7

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Amateurs beat space agencies to Titan pictures

Online community processed raw images at record speed.

A group of enthusiastic amateurs managed to process raw images of Titan from the Huygens probe faster that any of the giant space agencies in charge of the mission.

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) usually process images from space missions using sophisticated computer software before being releasing them to the public.

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