Every 13-15 years, Saturn is angled in away in which the edge of its thin rings are oriented toward Earth – effectively ...

There is also a very faint ring in the orbit of Saturn's moon Phoebe. Launched in 1997, NASA's Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit seven years later and studied the planet until 2017.

Voyager 1: It was a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar ...

Launched in 1997, NASA's Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit seven years later and studied the planet until 2017. The mission was the first in-depth study of the planet, its rings and moons.

Uncover the mystery behind Saturn’s iconic rings. ExtremeTech explains their origins and the science of our solar system.

"When I look back on the Cassini mission I see a mission that was running a 13-year marathon of scientific discovery. And this last orbit was just the last lap. And so we stood in celebration of ...

Saturn will undergo a drastic change in the coming months, at least as the planet is seen from Earth. Here's what's going to ...

The international Cassini spacecraft at Saturn has executed the course correction that will send it to destruction at the end of the week. The probe flew within 120,000km of the giant moon Titan ...

Cassini has been in continual orbit around Saturn since 2004, capturing images of the planet in varying lighting conditions and from a wide range of angles. Benson used data returned by Cassini ...

though since one orbit takes 29 Earth-years each of its four seasons last for around seven Earth-years. As it happens, it’s been summer in Saturn’s northern hemisphere since NASA’s Cassini ...