The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera at a distance of 394,000 miles (634,000 ...

Saturn’s iconic rings will briefly vanish from view, a rare astronomical event caused by a quirk of planetary alignment. As ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

These are the closest-ever images of Saturn. They were taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft just days before it crashed into Saturn. The results are spectacular. Shortly after Cassini took its final ...

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on a daredevil mission that is taking it closer to the planet Saturn than it has been in over a decade. In December, the spacecraft ...

Huygens did not have the capability to transmit data back to Earth. And it relied on the Cassini spacecraft flying overhead. Instead of having to carry something big enough to transmit the billion ...

named after the Nasa mission with the Cassini spacecraft carrying the Huygens probe. Just like the Nasa mission that had its fair share of nail-biting moments, this release had some nail-biting ...