These are the closest-ever images of Saturn. They were taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft just days before it crashed into Saturn. The results are spectacular. Shortly after Cassini took its final ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on a daredevil mission that is taking it closer to the planet Saturn than it has been in over a decade. In December, the spacecraft ...

On April 26, NASA's Cassini spacecraft shot between Saturn and its innermost ring, going where no human-made object has gone before. Cassini has already made some new discoveries thanks to its ...

A timelapse of all of the photographs the Cassini space probe has taken of Saturn's moon Tethys from Feb. 6, 2004 to Sept. 15, 2015. Note: These sequences at times include rapid flashing.

Cassini wasn’t just a spacecraft—it was one of the greatest space missions of all time. From discovering liquid oceans on Enceladus to sending back the most detailed images of Saturn’s rings ...

The Cassini spacecraft launched in 1997. It has been exploring Saturn and its many moons since it arrived at the ringed planet in 2004. Cassini followed along as Saturn went through its alien ...

NASA's Cassini probe is plunging to its death. The nuclear-powered spacecraft has orbited Saturn for 13 years, and sent back hundreds of thousands of images. The photos include close-ups of the ...

(CNN) -- The Cassini spacecraft's most recent flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, found that its upper atmosphere is full of complex organic material, a discovery that could help unlock the ...

New findings contradict conventional belief that Saturn's rings were formed along with the planet about 4.5 billion years ago Saturn's rings are much younger than the planet itself, and likely ...