In 1997, the spacecraft Cassini-Huygens left Earth on a seven year, two-billion-mile odyssey to Saturn. On July 1, the spacecraft completes its journey and begins data collection while orbiting ...

Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu.

Astronomers use the word conjunction to describe meetings of planets and other objects on our sky’s dome. They use the term great conjunction to describe meetings of the two biggest worlds in our ...

Ingredients for life discovered on Saturn moon; astronauts perform spacewalk 05:54. Saturn's rings will seemingly disappear from view in 2025, a phenomenon caused by the planet's rotation on an axis.

An illustration of the Cassini spacecraft beginning its final plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn on Sept. 15. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft enters its ...