It also sets the stage for the probe's dramatic end-manoeuvre next month when it will plunge to destruction in the planet's atmosphere. Cassini is currently flying a series of loops around Saturn ...

they flew Cassini through the rings of Saturn and into Saturn’s upper atmosphere multiple times. The daring nature of the Grand Finale paid off handsomely, with a host of returns not possible ...

Twenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched ...

New Analysis of Cassini Data Yields Insights Into ... which also unveils unexpected features in Saturn's atmosphere. This ... Key Building Block for Life Found at Saturn's Moon Enceladus June ...

"Data from the Cassini spacecraft suggested the rings ... The rest were shot into space or pulled back into Saturn's atmosphere. "In the end, micrometeoroid material (darkening material of rings ...

A famous illustration of Saturn's moon Titan got it all wrong. Never mind -- what we imagine space to be, and what we know it ...

Rhea was the second of four Saturn satellites that Cassini discovered and the third ... In 2010, Cassini was able to detect around Rhea a very thin atmosphere, known as an exosphere, that was ...

Until Cassini took a closer look in 2005 ... a planetary-scale hurricane brews in Saturn’s atmosphere. The storms can last for months, but their effects can persist for centuries.

Saturn usually appears golden in images, as its thick clouds are predominantly yellow. So scientists were surprised when Cassini returned images of its northern hemisphere showing a blue sky. The blue ...

Cassini's data showed that the rings were ... The resulting charged particles are either sucked into Saturn’s atmosphere or ejected into space, keeping the rings remarkably clean and challenging ...

Launched in 1997, Cassini-Huygens entered Saturn's orbit in 2004, providing unprecedented insights into the gas giant's atmosphere, intricate ring system and diverse moons. The Huygens probe, released ...