Images from Cassini led to the discovery of a system of icy geysers on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s 62 known moons. NASA The pictures were worth another three visits.

Since 2004, the Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn, collecting gobs of data and images, resulting in major discoveries — from geysers and hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon ...

Around seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn every year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it ...

Saturn (right) with Jupiter in the night sky over Burnsville, N.C., in December during an event known as the great conjunction. Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption ...

On June 25, 2023, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope turned to famed ringed world Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet.

The James Webb Space Telescope's new images of Saturn aren't finished, but they're still mind-blowingly cool. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Regular moons tend to orbit their planets in nice, circular orbits around the equator. Irregular moons typically orbit in big ovals further away from planets, and at a range of angles. Saturn has ...

Saturn's changing insolation from 2004 to 2016 as seen by Cassini's Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS). The top row shows Saturn from an equatorial vantage point (the rings appear edge-on), and ...

The rest of the images are yet to be published. As of May 2024, Saturn has 124 moons, according to Caltech . That’s the most of any planet in the solar system.

Both sets of images are absolutely striking and will no doubt lead to mind-blowing final products. For the time being, though, these raw images taken of Saturn by James Webb are still just as hard ...

The Cassini spacecraft has been studying Saturn and her moons for nearly 20 years, and is now finally running out of fuel. The Cassini mission is set to end this September, but not without a big ...

Since 2004, the Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn, collecting gobs of data and images, resulting in major discoveries — from geysers and hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon ...