they flew Cassini through the rings of Saturn and into Saturn’s upper atmosphere multiple times. The daring nature of the Grand Finale paid off handsomely, with a host of returns not possible ...

Before its death dive into Saturn in 2017, Cassini managed to get a better look at the amount of ring-dust raining on Saturn’s equator. And discovered that it was raining heavier than previously ...

The Cassini spacecraft, which arrived at Saturn in 2004, provided comprehensive data confirming that Saturn's rings are relatively bright and clean, leading to the conclusion that they formed long ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on a daredevil mission that is taking it closer to the planet Saturn than it has been in over a decade. In December, the spacecraft ...

A new discovery, made at the University of Tokyo's School of Science and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, is reshaping our understanding of the history of this planet with its famous rings.

A startling silhouette of Saturn is created in this Cassini spacecraft portrait. A kingly crescent Saturn rests on the right of this Cassini spacecraft portrait while the moon Mimas appears above the ...

discovered that Cassini’s observations of Saturn’s delicate ring structure actually held the key to determining the rate at which Saturn itself rotates. Mankovich looked closely at subtle wave ...

The international Cassini spacecraft at Saturn has executed the course correction ... from which to study the planet and its stunning rings. It has been a smart strategy because Cassini would ...

Saturn's rings, once thought young, might be as old as the planet itself, around 4.5 billion years. New research using Cassini data suggests micrometeoroid impacts vaporize, keeping the rings ...

But still, it just seemed especially dim. Then I remembered: Saturn’s brilliant rings are disappearing—at least they are from our perspective here on Earth. The normally broad rings presently ...

Scientists Compile Cassini's Unique Observations of Saturn's Rings Oct. 18, 2022 — Scientists have compiled 41 solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings from the Cassini mission.