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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft had a rare opportunity to image Saturn and, far in the background, Earth. This image spans about ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a visual and audio experience telling the story of NASA's Cassini Mission to Saturn. We sat ...
Saturn, the jewel of our solar system, has captivated the imagination of space enthusiasts and scientists alike for centuries. Thanks to NASA's Cassini spacecraft, we now have the privilege of ...
Image of Saturn in Cassini spacecraft's 'final moments' isn't what it seems NASA published thousands of photographs of Saturn taken by the now-defunct satellite.
Actual images captured by the spacecraft were monochrome with far less detail. NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbited Saturn for more than 10 years, capturing images of its rings and moons in ...
On October 25, 1671, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered a new moon at Saturn! ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com Iapetus was the second moon anyone had ever found ...
The Cassini-Huygens mission increased our understanding of the planet’s rings and moons Aaron Boorstein - Staff Contributor One of Cassini's last looks at Saturn and its main rings from a ...
Cassini may have plunged into Saturn's atmosphere seven years ago, but the probe is still offering researchers new insights about its favorite ringed gas giant. A retrospective review of Cassini's ...
In 2017, the Cassini spacecraft, which had spent nearly two decades working in orbit around Saturn, ended its mission in a “Grand Finale.” But before the spacecraft went out in a blaze of ...
Scientists have compiled 41 solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings from the Cassini mission. The compilation will inform future investigations of the particle size distribution and ...
The Cassini mission, which spent 13 years exploring the Saturn System, revolutionized our understanding of the Solar System's second-largest planet and its moons.