Cassini

Today, the nearly 20-year Cassini-Huygens mission ended in dramatic fashion, with the Cassini orbiter plunging directly into Saturn. Here are some of the spacecraft’s notable accomplishments.

Check out some of the amazing photographs taken by Cassini during its 20-year mission to explore Saturn and its moons

On Friday morning the Cassini spacecraft will turn its antennae towards earth one last time as it plunges into Saturn’s atmosphere and eventually burns up, the grand finale of Cassini’s remarkable 20-year expedition to explore the ringed giant and its moons. SEE MORE: Saying goodbye to the universe’s best photographer Starting at 7 a.m. EDT on Friday,…

Scientists have spotted a “mini Nile river” on the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, flowing over 400 km from its headwaters to a large sea. High resolution images snapped by the international Cassini mission, which is exploring Saturn and its moons, let us glimpse a river system flowing on another planet for the first time.

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