Cassini Image Shows Surface Features on Rhea
Taken this past February, this Cassini image shows surface features on Saturn’s moon Rhea. Surface features on Rhea – mostly impact craters in this image…
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Astronomers Track Icy Tendrils Reaching into Saturn’s E Ring
Using Cassini data and computer simulations, astronomers detail the source responsible for icy tendrils that reach into Saturn’s E ring. Long, sinuous, tendril-like structures seen…
New Research Explains Saturn’s Epic Tantrums
New research describes the effect responsible for the development of a huge storm that erupts about every 30 years on Saturn. The long-standing mystery of…
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Exhibits Signs of Hydrothermal Activity
Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, two newly published studies reveal the first clear evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day hydrothermal activity…
Astronomers Celebrate 10 Year Anniversary of Titan Landing
Ten years ago, ESA’s Huygens probe entered the history books by descending to the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Humanity’s first successful attempt to…
Scientists Pinpoint the Position of Saturn
Using a giant array of radio-telescope antennas and data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, astronomers have made the most accurate determinations yet of the position of…
Cassini Creates New Maps of Saturn’s Moons
Using data collected over a ten-year period, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has created new maps of Saturn’s six major icy moons. Almost immediately after NASA’s twin…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Uppermost Cloud Layers
This newly released image of Saturn’s uppermost cloud layers was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on August 23, 2014. Nature is an artist,…
Cassini Spacecraft Views “Painted” Saturn
Using a spectral filter, this wide-angle camera view of Saturn was taken on April 2, 2014 by the Cassini spacecraft. Saturn’s many cloud patterns, swept…
New Study Details the Changes in Saturn’s F Ring
A newly published study details the analysis of clumps in Saturn’s F ring from the Voyager and Cassini spacecraft, revealing that the F ring seems…
Dot Against the Dark – New Image of Saturn’s Moon Mimas
This newly released image from the Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s moon Mimas. As if trying to get our attention, Mimas is positioned against the shadow…
Hubble Views Auroral Lights at Saturn’s North Pole
New images taken by Hubble’s super-sensitive Advanced Camera for Surveys provide a detailed look at Saturn’s stormy aurorae, revealing previously unseen dynamics in the choreography…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Rings and the Shadows They Cast on the Planet
This newly released image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s rings and the shadows they cast on the planet. Saturn’s rings cast shadows on the…
Cassini Reveals Possible New Moon Forming Around Saturn
Using data from the Cassini spacecraft, astronomers believe they have discovered the possible formation of a new tiny moon within the rings of Saturn. NASA’s…
NASA Detects Ocean Inside Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
New data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and Deep Space Network provide the first geophysical measurements of the internal structure of Enceladus, suggesting that it harbors…
Cassini Views Four Moons of Saturn
Cassini views Saturn’s moons Prometheus, Pandora, Janus, and Epimetheus. Two pairs of moons make a rare joint appearance. The F ring’s shepherd moons, Prometheus and…
Cassini Uses “Pi Transfer” to Create Mosaic Image of Saturn
Using a technique known as a “pi transfer,” – a technique that uses the gravity of Saturn’s moon Titan to alter the orbit of the…
New NASA Video Shows a 360-Degree View of Saturn’s Auroras
A new video from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope shows a 360-degree view of Saturn’s auroras. NASA trained several pairs of eyes on…