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Could Cassini See You On “The Day The Earth Smiled?”

24 Jul , 2013 by

So along with the rest of the world, you smiled. You waved. You went outside on July 19, wherever you were, and looked upwards and out into the solar system knowing that our robotic representative Cassini would be capturing a few pixels’ worth of photons bouncing off our planet when they eventually reached Saturn, 900 […]

What the Earth and Moon Look Like From Saturn

21 Jul , 2013 by

Did you smile and wave at Saturn on Friday? If you did (and even if you didn’t) here’s how you — and everyone else on Earth — looked to the Cassini spacecraft, 898.4 million miles away. Hope you didn’t blink! The image above is a color-composite made from raw images acquired by Cassini in red, […]

Waltz Around Saturn With This Beautiful Animation

19 Jul , 2013 by

In honor of this today’s Wave at Saturn and The Day the Earth Smiled events, celebrating images to be taken of Earth from Saturn, here’s a wonderful movie showing highlights from Cassini’s exploration of the giant planet, its magnificent rings, and fascinating family of moons. Assembled by Fabio Di Donato in memory of astrophysicist, author and activist […]

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