NASA Spots Dust Storms on Titan for the First Time
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed what appear to be giant dust storms in equatorial regions of Saturn’s moon Titan. The discovery, described in…
Cassini-Huygens Mission News
Scientists Reveal Surprising Feature Emerging at Saturn’s Northern Pole
The long-lived international Cassini mission has revealed a surprising feature emerging at Saturn’s northern pole as it nears summertime: a warming, high-altitude vortex with a…
Amazing Cassini Image of Saturn’s Translucent Rings
Saturn’s rings are perhaps the most recognized feature of any world in our solar system. Cassini spent more than a decade examining them more closely…
Six New Infrared Images of Saturn’s Moon Titan Are the Clearest Views To Date
These six infrared images of Saturn’s moon Titan represent some of the clearest, most seamless-looking global views of the icy moon’s surface produced so far….
Listen to the Sound of Plasma Waves Moving Between Saturn and Enceladus
New research from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft’s up-close Grand Finale orbits shows a surprisingly powerful and dynamic interaction of plasma waves moving from Saturn to its…
Cassini Image of Odysseus Crater on Saturn’s Icy Moon Tethys
The most visually striking feature on Saturn’s icy moon Tethys is Odysseus crater. An enormous impact created the crater, which is about 280 miles (450…
Cassini Image of Saturn’s Rings With Mimas, Janus and Tethys
On March 13, 2006 Cassini’s narrow-angle camera captured this look at Saturn and its rings, seen here nearly edge-on. The frame also features Mimas and…
Cassini Reveals the Subtle Colors of Saturn’s Rings
Saturn’s rings display their subtle colors in this view captured on August 22, 2009, by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The particles that make up the rings…
Amazing Cassini Image Shows Dione on the Edge
Saturn’s moon Dione drifts before the planet’s rings, seen here almost edge-on. For all their immense width, the rings are relatively paper-thin, about 30 feet…
Mosaic Cassini Image of the Icy Particles of Saturn’s Rings
Saturn’s shadow sweeps across the rings in a view captured on November 5, 2006 by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft. In the bottom half of the image,…
A Striking View of Saturn’s Moon Dione
Cassini captured this striking view of Saturn’s moon Dione on July 23, 2012. Dione is about 698 miles (1,123 kilometers) across. Its density suggests that…
Cassini Sees Saturn and Its Rings Through a Haze of Sun Glare
In this image, NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft sees Saturn and its rings through a haze of Sun glare on the camera lens. If you could travel…
Beautiful Mosaic of Some of the Very Last Images Captured by Cassini
This view of Saturn looks toward the planet’s night side, lit by sunlight reflected from the rings. A mosaic of some of the very last…
A Song of Ice and Light, Enceladus Drifts Before Saturn’s Rings
Saturn’s moon Enceladus drifts before the rings and the tiny moon Pandora in this view that NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured on November 1, 2009. The…
Impressive Cassini Image of Rhea Passing in Front of Titan
In this view, Saturn’s icy moon Rhea passes in front of Titan as seen by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Some of the differences between the two…
New Finding Shows Remarkable Similarities Between Earth and Titan
Saturn’s moon Titan may be nearly a billion miles away from Earth, but a recently published paper based on data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveals…
Cassini Image of the Twilight Haze in Titan’s Upper Atmosphere
In this view, individual layers of haze can be distinguished in the upper atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Titan’s atmosphere features a rich and…
Cassini Image of Saturn’s Icy Rings
Saturn’s rings, made of countless icy particles, form a translucent veil in this view from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft. Saturn’s tiny moon Pan, about 17 miles…
