After over 7,000 days in space, the Cassini mission ended on Sept. 15, 2017. Since its Oct. 15, 1997 launch, the spacecraft had returned a wealth of new knowledge and images of Saturn and its moons.

Organic molecules detected in the watery plumes that spew out from cracks in the surface of Enceladus could be formed through ...

The artistic depiction released by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the surface plumes erupting from Enceladus, with the moon and its satellite Titan in the sky, and the distant Sun in the ...

Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new ...

Moons like Europa, Titan, and Enceladus may hold the ingredients for alien life, with NASA missions set to investigate.

Titan's shadow will fall over Saturn during the early morning hours of Sept. 4. Heads up stargazers! The shadow of Saturn's ...

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has long fascinated scientists with its spectacular water plumes, which NASA’s Cassini spacecraft once revealed to contain organic molecules. Many hoped these molecules ...

Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's ...

Just six months after the Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn, its cameras caught something spectacular. It was Jan. 16, 2005, and Cassini was zipping past Enceladus, a bright, tiny moon just 313 ...

By Wausau Pilot & Review Staff A dazzling lineup of events fills Wisconsin skies this week: the Corn Moon rising in its full ...

On September 11, 2025, a groundbreaking study showed that scientists can detect unusual ice phases that do not exist on Earth ...