It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...

A Ph.D. student from Lancaster University has used historical data from the Cassini spacecraft to calculate the optical depth of Saturn's rings. To avoid doubt, "optical depth" is a measure of the ...

The Cassini orbiter, a collaborative mission by NASA, ESA, and ASI, provided us with a stunning legacy of Saturn and its intricate system of rings and moons.

SATURN'S RINGS AS THEY WOULD APPEAR TO AN OBSERVER ... which is separated by an interval of 1,450 miles known as “Cassini's division,” from the outer very bright ring, the breadth of which ...

Scientists Compile Cassini's Unique Observations of Saturn's Rings Oct. 18, 2022 — Scientists have compiled 41 solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings from the Cassini mission.

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn. Since it is easily visible to the unaided eye, humans have seen it since the ...

Regardless of how the rings formed, there's no denying their beauty. In 2004, the Cassini spacecraft reached orbit around Saturn after a seven-year journey. The spacecraft is the fourth to reach ...

NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission determined that Saturn's rings likely formed around 100 million years ago. The rings, influenced by Saturn's magnetic field, are gradually being pulled into the planet.

Saturn’s northern hemisphere and rings. Planetary scientists using the ... it’s been summer in Saturn’s northern hemisphere since NASA’s Cassini mission—which it orbited for 13 years ...

One of the highlights to be found in this month’s Colorado sky is the golden-hued planet Saturn which can be seen forming an ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...