Tiny Enceladus exercises giant electromagnetic influence at Saturn

A major study by an international team of researchers using data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft has revealed a lattice-like structure of crisscrossing reflected waves that flow downstream ...
SpaceRef

NASA Cassini Image: Multiple Instruments Capture Enceladus Plume

Enceladus Plume: Cassini’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer measured the spectrum of the plumes originating from the south pole of the icy moon. Cassini observations by several instruments ...
Los Angeles Times

Cassini, the NASA spacecraft that expanded the search for life beyond Earth, dies in Saturn’s sky

Cassini, the NASA spacecraft whose breakthrough discoveries about Saturn and its many moons revolutionized the search for life beyond Earth, disintegrated Friday morning in the skies above the ringed ...
SpaceNews

Fairchild Imaging CCD on Cassini Captures Images of Titan in Close Flyby

Fairchild Imaging CCD sensors capture digital images of Saturn’s moon Titan. These ultra sensitive Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensors are the “eyes” of several instruments on the NASA/ESA/ASI ...
SpaceRef

NASA Cassini Image: Enceladus: The Plot Thickens

This graphic shows Cassini’s path, or ground track, as it crossed over the surface of Enceladus near the time of closest approach during the flyby on July 14, 2005. The ground track is indicated by a ...
Astronomy

25 years ago: Cassini-Huygens launches for Saturn

The Cassini-Huygens mission, a collaborative endeavor between NASA, ESA, and ASI, was an unprecedented project designed for sustained exploration of Saturn and its largest moon, Titan, following ...
Digital Trends

RIP, Cassini: 25 spellbinding Saturn images from NASA’s self-sacrificing probe

The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has spent nearly two decades in space collecting invaluable data and unprecedented close-ups of the Saturnian system. The craft has logged nearly 5 billion miles on its ...