While the Winter Olympics is in full swing in PyeongChang, South Korea, and many winter sport fanatics head to snow-clad mountains to get their thrills on the slopes this ski-season, this dramatic mountain scene is somewhat ...
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2018
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These two images illustrate just how far Cassini traveled to get to Saturn. On the left is one of the earliest images Cassini took of the ringed planet, captured during the long voyage from the inner solar system. On the ...
Space Exploration
Nov 28, 2017
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Cassini gazes across the icy rings of Saturn toward the icy moon Tethys, whose night side is illuminated by Saturnshine, or sunlight reflected by the planet.
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2017
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers toward a sliver of Saturn's sunlit atmosphere while the icy rings stretch across the foreground as a dark band.
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2017
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Saturn's hexagonal polar jet stream is the shining feature of almost every view of the north polar region of Saturn. The region, in shadow for the first part of the Cassini mission, now enjoys full sunlight, which enables ...
Space Exploration
May 9, 2017
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Although only a sliver of Saturn's sunlit face is visible in this view, the mighty gas giant planet still dominates the view.
Space Exploration
Apr 4, 2017
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Saturn's icy moon Mimas is dwarfed by the planet's enormous rings.
Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2016
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down at the rings of Saturn from above the planet's nightside. The darkened globe of Saturn is seen here at lower right, along with the shadow it casts across the rings.
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2016
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Pan may be small as satellites go, but like many of Saturn's ring moons, it has a has a very visible effect on the rings.
Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2016
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As a convention for public release, Cassini images of Saturn are generally oriented so that Saturn appears north up, but the spacecraft views the planet and its expansive rings from all sorts of angles. Here, a half-lit Saturn ...
Space Exploration
Apr 6, 2016
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