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12 Sep 2017

Ahead of its death plunge, NASA's Cassini takes a last look at Saturn and its rings – See pic

Cassini has been orbiting Saturn for nearly a half of a Saturnian year but that journey is nearing its end.

28 Jul 2017

Cassini revelation: Saturn's moon Titan contains key building block of life!

Using data from Cassini mission, scientists including those from University College London (UCL) in the UK, identified negatively charged molecules called 'carbon chain anions' in the atmosphere of Titan.

06 May 2017

Cassini's Grand Finale: What's there between Saturn's rings? Not even space dust, say surprised scientists!

The rings themselves are made of fast-moving particles of ice and space debris.

Cassini spacecraft

04 May 2017

NASA releases new video showing Cassini's first 'Grand Finale' dive over Saturn

NASA has released a new video taken by th spacecrfat as it swooped over Saturn during the first of its Grand Finale dives between the planet and its rings.

26 Apr 2017

NASA's Cassini spacecraft flies between Saturn and its rings!

NASA's Cassini became the first spacecraft to enter the gap between Saturn and its rings.

20 Jan 2017

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures the closest view of wavemaker moon 'Daphnis'

The US space agency NASA has released a beautiful and close view of the wavemaker moon 'Daphnis'.

06 Dec 2016

Cassini's grand finale: NASA's Saturn probe makes first 'ring-grazing' plunge

The spacecraft, which began its penultimate mission phase on November 30, crossed through the plane of Saturn's rings on December 4 at 5:09 a.m. PST (8:09 a.m. EST) at a distance of approximately 91,000 kilometres above the planet's cloud tops.

Cassini spacecraft

01 Dec 2016

Cassini's grand finale: NASA's probe begins 'ring-grazing' orbits to study Saturn's rings

During the first two orbits, the spacecraft will pass directly through an extremely faint ring produced by tiny meteors striking Saturn's two small moons Janus and Epimetheus.

29 Nov 2016

NASA's Cassini spacecraft set to explore Saturn's rings

On November 30, Cassini will begin a daring set of Ring-Grazing Orbits, skimming past the outside edge of Saturn's main rings.

Cassini spacecraft

09 Nov 2016

New Cassini image shows structure of Saturn's rings in unrivalled detail – See pic!

The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on September 24, 2016.

01 Nov 2016

Mystery behind birth of Saturn's rings solved

Observations show that Saturn's rings are made of more than 95 per cent icy particles, while the rings of Uranus and Neptune are darker and may have higher rock content.

13 Sep 2016

Behind the shadows: NASA's Cassini captures Saturn's silhouette over its rings in a stunning image!

Just as on Earth, as the sun climbs higher in the sky, shadows get shorter.

26 Jul 2016

Are Saturn's rings bending? NASA releases strange image from Cassini (Pic inside)

In the image, which was released on Monday, Saturn's A and F rings appear bizarrely warped where they intersect the planet's limb, whose atmosphere acts here like a very big lens.

01 Dec 2015

See pic: NASA's Cassini captures varying characteristics of Saturn's rings and Enceladus

The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 29, 2015.

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