On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons. It took almost 7 years ...

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a ...

Cassini launched Oct. 15, 1997 on a long-term mission to Saturn and its moons. After a trio of gravity assists, two from ...

The U.S. has or soon will have some capabilities that the Europeans lack for such a mission. The SpaceX Starship is first and ...

Scientists found new evidence to strengthen the case that Enceladus, small moon of Saturn about 310 miles wide, may have ...

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 ...

Scientists discovered new organic molecules in Enceladus's geysers, suggesting potential habitability, but not confirming life presence.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft zoomed by two Saturn moons this week to take what scientists say are the last close-up views of the geyser-covered Enceladus and cratered Dione for several years. Cassini ...

(CN) — Scientists have found new signs that Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could be hospitable to life. By digging into old ...

Scientists digging through data collected by the Cassini spacecraft have found new complex organic molecules spewing from ...

NASA's Cassini probe has entered the final phase of its 13-year mission to Saturn, executing the first in a series of five "ultra-close" dives through the planet's atmosphere. NASA's Cassini probe has ...

The spacecraft is set to plunge to its death in Saturn's atmosphere in April. — -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft is beginning a series of "ring grazing" orbits today to study Saturn's rings and moons ...