The European Space Agency recalls the historic landing on the Saturn moon and the mission that made it possible. Credit: ESA ...

If you went outside and waved and smiled at Saturn Friday, your photos are ready. NASA's Cassini spacecraft took a mosaic of photos of Saturn and its rings, backlit by the sun. Earth was in the ...

By contrast, Saturn's atmosphere is layered more deeply. There, either weaker forcing reduces deep turbulence, or more energy ...

University of Reading provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system ...

Six infrared images of Titan created with data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft NASA Around 20 years ago, the Cassini-Huygens mission—a joint endeavor by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saturn's giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all. Titan instead may hold deep layers of ice and slush more akin to Earth's polar seas, with pockets ...

On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons. It took almost 7 years for Cassini to reach Saturn. Another smaller spacecraft called Huygens ...

Astronomers have found that Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, suggesting it’s an even more promising place to look for extraterrestrial life than ...

No life has been found on Saturn's 310-mile-wide moon Enceladus. Tthe team of researchers turned to observations made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2008 during a close flyby of Enceladus to find new ...

Fresh analysis of Cassini data has revealed new complex organic molecules inside ice grains spewing from Enceladus. These discoveries strengthen the case that the moon’s underground ocean hosts ...