In December, the spacecraft skimmed by Saturn's outer rings, snapping some of the most detailed images we have ever seen. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from Science NASA's Cassini ...

Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.

We've never seen Saturn looking like this before. New images beamed back from the Cassini spacecraft show Saturn's distinctive rings in unprecedented detail. While the rings, as a whole ...

Cassini shot the gap and lived to tell the tale. The Saturn-exploring spacecraft managed to successfully fly through the 1,500 mile gap between Saturn and its rings and survive seemingly unscathed.

Dare to imagine the perilous journey of jumping into Saturn's magnificent rings. Canada votes in an election upended by Trump ...

These new images are the closest photos ever taken ... Atlas hangs out at the very outer edge of Saturn’s main rings, but it’s far from the outermost of Saturn’s moons.

Saturn’s rings are long thought to be between 100 million and 400 million years old based on more than a decade of observations by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft before its demise in 2017.

Saturn’s iconic rings will temporarily vanish from view this weekend due to a rare astronomical alignment known as a ring plane crossing. The phenomenon, which occurs roughly every 13 to 15 ...

Will Saturn's rings return? Wayne Schlingman, PhD, director of the Arne Slettebak Planetarium at The Ohio State University, preps us for Saturn's equinox. If you look in the sky and notice Saturn’s ...

March has provided astronomy fans across the globe with plenty to appreciate and there is still a lot to keep an eye out for. Cosmic events including a partial lunar eclipse and dazzling planets ...

snapped nearly 16,000 images of Saturn, its rings and its moons. The two probes discovered three new moons, studied the ring system in detail, and collected data about the planet's magnetic field ...