New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of ... before its demise in 2017. Images by Cassini showed no evidence of any ...

which will take it on 20 week-long orbits around the planet About two days before that dive, Cassini snapped a series of photos showing off a view of Saturn's strange and beautiful hexagonal ...

Saturn is perhaps the most photogenic planet in our solar system, and a new photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft shows the world off in a big way. Bands of clouds look like they were painted on ...

with long shadows cast by the planet's rings. Michael Benson created the image using data returned by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. Saturn usually appears golden in images, as its thick clouds ...

An curved arrow pointing right. At just 240,000 miles from Saturn's north pole, NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped some stunning photos. These are the first images of the spacecraft's new mission ...

The billions of rocky and icy chunks swirling around Saturn will disappear from our viewpoint on Sunday, March 23 as the thin edges of the planet’s rings are aimed toward Earth, seemingly ...

During the next ring plane crossing, astronomers will be able to better a good look at Saturn's many moons. As far as planets go ... at around 200 million years old, while others suggest they ...