Saturn

An Epic Crater Called Odysseus

On June 28 NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed by Tethys, a 1,062-kilometer (662-mile) -wide moon of Saturn that's made almost entirely…

12 years ago

Titan’s Tides Suggest a Subsurface Sea

Saturn's hazy Titan is now on the short list of moons that likely harbor a subsurface ocean of water, based…

12 years ago

Extremes in the Saturn System

It’s just one extreme to another in this image from the Cassini spacecraft. Of course, you can’t miss the ginormous…

12 years ago

Cassini Spies a Possible ‘Oasis’ on Titan

From a JPL press release: New data from the Cassini spacecraft shows enduring methane lakes in the equatorial regions on…

12 years ago

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 4-10, 2012

[/caption] Greeting, fellow SkyWatchers! It's gonna' be a great week! We start off with a partial lunar eclipse of the…

12 years ago

Cassini Captures a Rarely-Seen Moon

[/caption] While many of us here on Earth were waiting for the Moon to take a bite out of the…

12 years ago

A New Angle on Titan

Here's a great shot of Titan and Saturn acquired by Cassini on May 6, 2012 just after a pass by…

13 years ago

Exploration at its Finest: Cassini Visits Dione

[/caption] After completing its most recent flyby of Enceladus, Cassini made a pass by Dione -- its final visit of…

13 years ago

Enceladus On Display In Newest Images From Cassini

[/caption] The latest images are in from Saturn's very own personal paparazzi, NASA's Cassini spacecraft, fresh from its early morning…

13 years ago

Cassini’s Last Flyby of Enceladus Until 2015

[/caption] On May 2, the Cassini spacecraft will be swooping past the moon we all love to love -- Enceladus…

13 years ago