Saturn's iconic rings seem to go on forever, with infinite but subtle color variations, in a spectacular photo by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini took the photo on Aug. 22, 2009, when the probe was ...

On the eighth anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, the teams involved can look back at a string of remarkable discoveries. The Cassini-Huygens mission is one of ...

For thirteen years, from 2004 to 2017, the Cassini-Huygens mission conducted a detailed survey of the Saturn system. It fundamentally altered our understanding of gas giants and their satellites and ...

Nearing the end of its seven-year, roundabout trip to Saturn, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has primed its engine and other systems for a swing past one of the planet's moons and the ultimate arrival ...

NASA's Cassini mission came to a dramatic end last week after two decades in space. Cassini and Huygens forever changed the way scientists understand Saturn and its rings and moons. But the real-life ...

The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has spent nearly two decades in space collecting invaluable data and unprecedented close-ups of the Saturnian system. The craft has logged nearly 5 billion miles on its ...

A complete and in-depth site about the Cassini orbiter and Huygens probe. Updated daily, it includes an overview of NASA’s mission in launching Cassini, the construction of the actual orbiter, as well ...

NASA’s Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn has some young new participants. A 10th-grade student in Delaware, a high school senior in California, and an 8th-grade American student in France are the ...

Saturn has been ready for its close-up for a long time. On June 30 the planet is going to get it as the $1.4 billion Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, after a journey of 2.2 billion miles, fires its ...