Saturn
More Stunning Images and Discoveries Ahead: Cassini Mission Extended to 2017
[/caption] With the new 2011 NASA budget allowing for more space science activities, the space agency has extended the Cassini…
Cassini Images
Here are some amazing Cassini images. There are some pictures of the spacecraft, and some pictures taken by the spacecraft.…
Scientists Find Water Ice Creates the Spokes in Saturn’s B Ring
[/caption] The mysterious spokes that sometimes appear in Saturn’s largest ring, the B ring, have been unexplained. But new measurements…
Largest Moon of Saturn
The largest moon of Saturn is Titan, measuring 5,150 km across. In fact, Titan is the second largest moon in…
May Visions of Saturn’s Moons Dance in Your Head
Moons dancing around Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute The Cassini CICLOPS imaging team has released some new movies of several…
Saturn Fact Sheet
[/caption] The following Saturn fact sheet is based on NASA's excellent planetary fact sheets. Saturn is the 6th planet from…
Saturn’s Hexagon Endures!
This movie from Cassini, made possible only as Saturn's north pole emerged from winter darkness, shows new details of a…
Who Discovered Saturn?
[/caption] Were you wondering who discovered Saturn? Well, nobody knows. Here's the problem. Saturn is one of the 5 planets…
De Plume! De Plume! Enceladus Raw Flyby Images
Raw images are already being returned from Cassini's Nov. 21 "E-8" or eighth flyby of the tiger-striped moon Enceladus. Visible…
What If Earth Had Rings?
Here's a video that poses -- and answers -- an interesting question: what would Earth look like if it had…