Cassini Spacecraft Views “Cloudy Waves” on Saturn
This newly released Cassini image shows clouds on Saturn that have taken on the appearance of strokes from a cosmic brush thanks to the wavy…
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NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft to Begin Final Five Orbits Around Saturn
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft will enter new territory in its final mission phase, the Grand Finale, as it prepares to embark on a set of ultra-close…
Cassini Spacecraft Views Prometheus and the Ghostly F Ring
This new image from the Cassini Spacecraft shows Saturn’s moon Prometheus near Saturn’s narrow F ring. The thin sliver of Saturn’s moon Prometheus lurks near…
Cassini Spacecraft Observes Seasonal Changes on Saturn
Using a spectral filter, the Cassini Spacecraft was able to capture a view of the seasonal changes on Saturn. Saturn’s northern hemisphere reached its summer…
Cassini Spacecraft Views Haze on the Horizon of Saturn
This newly released false-color view from the Cassini Spacecraft gazes toward the rings beyond Saturn’s sunlit horizon. Along the limb (the planet’s edge) at left…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Gets a Better View of Saturn’s Rings
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft captured this new image of Saturn’s rings on April 10th at a distance of 1.1 million kilometers. Although the rings lack the…
Cassini Continues to Reveal Surprises During Its Grand Finale
The Cassini Spacecraft continues to make its unprecedented series of weekly dives between Saturn and its rings, revealing surprising details about the planet. Scientists are…
Cassini Views The Light Of Day As It Illuminates Saturn
This newly released image shows the light of a new day as it illuminates Saturn’s wavy cloud patterns and the smooth arcs of the vast…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views Three of Saturn’s Small Ring Moon
This newly released montage of views from the Cassini Spacecraft shows three of Saturn’s small ring moons: Atlas, Daphnis and Pan at the same scale…
Cassini Provides a Colorful View of Saturn’s Hexagon in Motion
Researchers used images from Cassini’s imaging cameras to create the first movie to show Saturn’s hexagon in color filters, and the first movie to show…
Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Enceladus May Have Tipped Over
New data from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveals evidence that the active south polar region of Enceladus — the fractured terrain seen here at bottom —…
Cassini Views Outer Edge of Saturn’s Main Rings
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft captures a close-up view of the Keeler Gap. Before Cassini entered its Grand Finale orbits, it acquired unprecedented views of the outer…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Dramatic Transition from Winter to Summer
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft views the Saturnian solstice, which occurs about every 15 Earth years as the planet and its entourage slowly orbit the sun. NASA’s…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views Saturn’s Shadow
This NASA image of the day shows Saturn’s shadow as seen by the Cassini Spacecraft. The projection of Saturn’s shadow on the rings grows shorter…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Hexagonal Polar Jet Stream
This NASA image of the day comes from the Cassini Spacecraft and shows Saturn’s hexagonal polar jet stream. Saturn’s hexagonal polar jet stream is the…
New Video Shows Cassini’s First Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings
As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its first-ever dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings, one of its imaging cameras took a series of…
Cassini Completes Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings, Back in Contact with Astronomers
” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is back in contact with astronomers after completing its first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the…
Cassini Spacecraft Set to Dive Through the Gap Between Saturn and Its Rings
On April 26 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its first dive through the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings. This is a region no…