Saturn’s bright rings are one of the most recognizable sights in the Solar System. Yet new analyses of data from NASA’s Cassini mission suggest they may be far younger than many people assume. That ...

On September 15, 2017, NASA’s Cassini spacecraftmade its final journey into the heart of Saturn, marking the end of an extraordinary 13-year mission dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the gas ...

The only spacecraft to ever orbit Saturn, Cassini showed us the planet, its rings and moons up close in all their glory.

Saturn’s magnetic shield does not sit where many scientists would expect. After combing through years of data from the Cassini spacecraft, researchers found that a key opening in Saturn’s ...

I was scrolling through Twitter on Sunday when an image of Saturn’s rings crashing through a cloudy atmosphere caught my eye. The image’s caption said it was “Cassini’s last image before entering ...

An artist rendering of the Cassini spacecraft entering orbit around Saturn. An artist rendering of the Cassini spacecraft entering orbit around Saturn. After nearly 20 years in space and 13 years in ...

After a 20-year voyage around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has completed its mission with a final plunge into the planet's atmosphere. Cassini was the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn giving NASA ...

Now, a study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes an explanation linking the formation of the moons and rings, centering on the possibility that Titan is the product of a moon merger.