Saturn

Cassini Discovers Titan’s Glowing Atmosphere

A pair of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show Titan glowing in the dark. Titan never ceases to amaze. Saturn's…

12 years ago

Giant “Invisible” Vortex Still Remains on Saturn Following Huge Storm

In 2010, a small, bright white storm emerged on Saturn’s northern hemisphere. This storm grew until it wrapped around the…

12 years ago

Timeline: 15 Years of Cassini

The Cassini spacecraft takes an angled view toward Saturn, showing the southern reaches of the planet with the rings on…

12 years ago

Titan’s Surface the “Consistency of Soft, Damp Sand”

Artist concept of the Huygens probe landing on the surface of Titan. Credit: ESA Even though the Huygens probe landed…

12 years ago

Saturn Shows Off Its Shadow

Take a look up at the enormous shadow cast by Saturn onto its own rings in this raw image, acquired…

12 years ago

Lunar and Planetary Conjunction on August 21, 2012

Last night -- if you were in a good location -- the Moon, Spica, Mars, Saturn all came together in…

12 years ago

See the “Martian Triangle” in the Sky Tonight!

If -- like me -- you've been focusing on all the great images and news coming from the Mars Science…

12 years ago

Bolt from the Blue: Giant Flash of Lightning Seen in Saturn’s Storm

An enormous storm that wrapped its way around Saturn's northern hemisphere during the first half of 2011 wasn't just a…

12 years ago

Surprising Swirls Above Titan’s South Pole

Thanks to Cassini's new vantage point granted by its inclined orbit researchers have gotten a new look at the south…

12 years ago

The Return of the Rings!

Now that Cassini has gone off on a new trajectory taking it above and below the equatorial plane of Saturn,…

12 years ago