In fact, it's the closest any spacecraft has ever come to Saturn — just 1,900 miles from the beautiful planet's cloud tops. Even more exciting, Cassini has already transmitted images of what it ...

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 timelapse of all of the photographs the Cassini space probe has taken of Saturn's moon Tethys from Feb. 6, 2004 to Sept. 15, 2015. Note: These sequences at times include rapid flashing.

The Cassini probe has begun the final phase of its mission to Saturn. The satellite has executed the first of five ultra-close passes of the giant world, dipping down far enough to brush through ...

At the moment this image was captured, the probe was approximately 3 miles (5 km) above Saturn's largest moon. The probe's descent from its parent spacecraft, NASA's Cassini, took approximately 2. ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft went ... that revelations surrounding Saturn’s moon Titan are among the most interesting takeaways from Cassini’s long journey. Images captured by NASA’s Cassini ...

A farewell from Saturn, a monster storm, fiery launches and hard landings and more stellar images from September ... Jupiter was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed its eighth ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, marking an end to its mission to study the ringed planet and its many, mysterious moons. The spacecraft spent 13 years ...

NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft ended its 20-year mission in 2017 by plunging into Saturn, but it continues to provide valuable scientific data. Using radar data from Cassini, Cornell University ...

A timelapse of all of the photographs the Cassini space probe has taken of Saturn's moon Mimas from Feb. 6, 2004 to Sept. 15, 2015. Note: These sequences at times include rapid flashing.