A team of researchers has succeeded in measuring the brightnesses and temperatures of Saturn’s rings using the mid-infrared images taken by the Subaru Telescope in 2008. The images are the highest ...

The rings are awash in subtle tones of gold and cream in this view which shows the outer B ring, the Cassini Division and the inner part of the A ring. In this viewing geometry, the brightest feature ...

The Solar System's second largest planet both in mass and size, Saturn is best known for its rings. These are divided by a wide band, the Cassini Division, whose formation was poorly understood until ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft ended its journey on Sept. 15 with an intentional plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, but analysis continues on the mountain of data the spacecraft sent during its long ...

In a splendid portrait created by light and gravity, Saturn’s lonely moon Mimas is seen against the cool, blue-streaked backdrop of Saturn’s northern hemisphere. Delicate shadows cast by the rings arc ...

I have had a few clear nights of late, which is unusual for me living in the UK, where the weather is typically not my friend. But one of the nightly delights has been seeing enigmatic Saturn rise in ...

NASA scientists think they might have a lead on where to find Saturn’s missing moons: near rings recently discovered by the Cassini spacecraft. In mid-September, the sun was poised behind Saturn, ...

Saturn's rings cast shadows on the planet, but the shadows appear to be inside out. The edge of Saturn's outermost A ring can be seen at the top left corner of the image. Moving towards the bottom of ...

After seven years and 2.2 billion miles, the most complicated and expensive unmanned spaceflight ever attempted is nearing its destination -- the exotic and colorful ringed planet Saturn. On Wednesday ...

Is this the close-up of vinyl, or is it just Saturn's rings? NASA just released a stunningly crisp image of Saturn's rings on their Instagram page last Tuesday, June 15. The image was captured by the ...

If he had sat in mission control alongside the scientists in charge of the Cassini spacecraft when it made its climactic entry into Saturn's orbit, Galileo Galilei would have been astonished. When he ...

A team of researchers has succeeded in measuring the brightnesses and temperatures of Saturn's rings using the mid-infrared images taken by the Subaru Telescope in 2008. The images are the highest ...