Cassini mission
Saturn’s Rings are Only 10 to 100 Million Years Old
Can you imagine the Solar System without Saturn's rings? Can you envision Earth at the time the dinosaurs roamed the…
Titan’s Thick Clouds Obscure our View, but Cassini Took these Images in Infrared, Showing the Moon’s Surface Features
Saturn's moon Titan is a very strange place. It's surrounded by a dense, opaque atmosphere, the only moon in the…
Just Like Earth, Titan Has a “Sea Level” for its Lakes and Seas
Based on Cassini data, two new studies have been produced that reveal some new and interesting things about Saturn's largest…
New Study Says Enceladus has had an Internal Ocean for Billions of Years
A new study by an international team of researchers has shown that Enceladus has been producing enough energy in its…
Check Out NASA’s New Instrument that will Look for Life on Enceladus
NASA recently unveiled their SELFI instrument, which will search Enceladus' plumes to look for signs of life in the interior
You Can Now Use Google Maps to Explore the Solar System
Thanks to the over 500,000 pictures taken by the Cassini mission, Google Maps has created a mapping tool that allows…
Even Though it’s an Alien World, Titan’s Canyons Would Look Very Familiar
The Cassini probe has found more features on Titan that resemble Earth, steep river valleys that empty into its largest…
If it Wasn’t Already Strange Enough, now Saturn’s Hexagon Storm is Changing Color
Recent images from the Cassini space probe show that Saturn's hexagonal polar storm is changing, which may be due to…
Uranus’ “Sprightly” Moon Ariel
The outer Solar System has enough mysteries and potential discoveries to keep scientists busy for decades. Case in point, Uranus…
Saturn’s Moon Dione
Thanks to the Cassini mission, a great deal has been learned about Saturn’s system of moons (aka. the Cronian system)…