Cassini

Scientists Find Evidence of Extreme Methane Storms On Titan

A recent study by UCLA scientists has shown a link between extreme rainstorms on Titan and surface features detected by…

7 years ago

Loss of Signal: Cassini Spacecraft Plunges Into Saturn

Until the very end, Cassini displayed just how robust and enduring this spacecraft has been throughout its entire 20 years…

7 years ago

Cassini: The Mission That Will Live Forever

"With Cassini, we had a rare opportunity and we seized it," said Linda Spilker, Cassini Mission Scientist. And on Friday,…

7 years ago

Cassini Conducts a Final Flyby of Titan Before Crashing into Saturn

Before it makes its final plunge into Saturn's atmosphere on Friday, the Cassini spacecraft made one last flyby of Titan,…

7 years ago

Cassini Finds that Titan is Building the Chemicals that Might Have Led to Life on Earth

A new study by an international team of scientists shows how Titan's atmosphere could contain a key building block for…

7 years ago

A Survivor’s Tale: Cassini Lives Through First Ring Dive

One down, twenty-one to go! The Cassini spacecraft survived the first dive through the narrow gap between Saturn and its…

8 years ago

Adieu Titan: So Long & Thanks For All The Hydrocarbons

On Friday, April 21st, the Cassini spacecraft conducted its last flyby of Titan, a maneuver which touched off the final…

8 years ago

Earth Beams From Between Saturn’s Rings in New Cassini Image

Cassini took this rare photo of the Earth and moon on April 12 just before the start of its daring…

8 years ago

The Bubbly Streams Of Titan

Titan's so-called "magic islands" are not islands at all, but nitrogen bubbles, according to researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

8 years ago

NASA Bombshell: Key Ingredient For Life Discovered On Enceladus

Discovery of hydrogen at Enceladus raises hopes that life may exist in the icy moon's oceans.

8 years ago