Cassini spacecraft data has been used to create the infrared views of Saturn's moon Enceladus. "Reddish areas indicate fresh ...

Cassini launched on Oct. 15, 1997, then took seven years to voyage to the Saturnian system. NASA collided Cassini with Saturn in 2017 to prevent the spacecraft from ultimately slamming into one of ...

Saturn, the jewel of our solar system, has captivated the imagination of space enthusiasts and scientists alike for centuries. Thanks to NASA's Cassini spacecraft, we now have the privilege of ...

The Cassini spacecraft snapped this panorama of Saturn— actually a mosaic of dozens of photographs taken over eight hours —just after the ringed planet's equinox, which occurs once every 15 ...

Early risers will get a rare opportunity to see something extraordinary in the early hours of July 18 — the dark shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, sweeping across the planet's cloud tops.

Cassini is ending its 13-year tour of the Saturn system with an intentional plunge into the planet to ensure Saturn’s moons. In particular Cassini will avoid Enceladus, with its subsurface ocean ...

The curious minds at Aperture unpack the incredible discoveries made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during its mission to explore Saturn and its moons. California Democrats stage internal war over ...

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make an unprecedented “in your face” flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus on Wed., March 12. The spacecraft, orchestratin… ...

— The international Cassini spacecraft threaded a gap between two of Saturn's dazzling rings late Wednesday and entered orbit around the giant planet, completing one of the mission's most ...

Cassini remained in orbit around Saturn, the only spacecraft to ever circle the planet. Last April, NASA put Cassini on an ever-descending series of final orbits, leading to Friday’s swan dive.

But before its demise, Cassini has one last mission. On April 22, Cassini will make a final pass by Titan and use the moon's gravity to slingshot itself into a new orbit that passes inside the ...

PASADENA, California - The Cassini spacecraft successfully altered its course to set up a June 11 flyby of Saturn's outermost moon, Phoebe, en route to the ringed planet, NASA said ...