Cassini mission

Composite infrared images of Cassini's moon Enceladus, revealing geologic activity. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/LPG/CNRS/University of Nantes/Space Science Institute

Eye On The Sky Cassini infrared Enceladus images reveal moon's geologic activity

CO2 in Enceladus’s ocean may be controlled by chemical reactions at the seafloor, according to new research. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Saturn’s moon Enceladus: interior could be more complex than initially thought

An illustration showing the Cassini spacecraft diving through plumes on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Organic compounds found in plumes ejected by Saturn’s moon Enceladus

An enhanced colour image of Daphnis embedded in Saturn's rings, kicking up waves of material. The images in the mosaic were taken in visible light, using the Cassini's narrow-angle camera at a distance of approximately 28,000km from the ring moon. Image scale is 170m per pixel. Credit: Tilmann Denk at Freie Universität in Berlin.

Never-before-seen detail revealed in Saturn’s rings

Cassini took many images of Titan over its 13 year mission at Saturn. The mission ended on 15 September 2017, when it plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere, but it’s data is still providing scientific insight. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI

Summer arrives late on Saturn’s moon Titan

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Saturn’s hexagon storm towers over the clouds

Enceladus’s cratered crust, as seen by the Cassini spacecraft. What lies below, in the moon’s subsurface ocean? Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Complex molecules found on Enceladus

Saturnian moons Atlas (left) and Pan (right) look rather like cosmic ravioli! A new study has attempted to explain the reason behind their odd shapes. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

The story of how Saturn’s strange moons formed

Like Earth, Titan has an atmosphere, seen here as a hazy blue outline around the moon’s limb. But Cassini scientists have discovered another similarity between our planet and Saturn’s largest moon.To the upper left of Titan in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft is Tethys, another of Saturn’s satellites.Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, JPL, ESA, NASA

Titan has a sea level

The intensity of the bands of radiation around Saturn dropped in 2012 much faster than would be expected if the solar wind was responsible. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Saturn’s moons rip through its radiation belts

This is one of the last images of Saturn’s rings taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, on 13 September 2017. Data from the mission is enabling scientists to learn more about the planet, its moons and its rings. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Moons hold Saturn’s rings in place

A view of Saturn, captured by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Mission end: Cassini’s final moments

The plumes of Enceladus feed into Saturn's E-ring, a wide ring made up of tiny particles, rather than larger blocks of ice. Image Credit: NASA

Surprise methanol found around Enceladus

A view of the northern hemisphere of Saturn in 2016, as it nears its summer solstice in May 2017. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Saturn’s secrets revealed

Maps of Enceladus looking towards its southern hemisphere, with purple representing lower terrain and red representing higher. These maps show how Enceladus’s orientation may have dramatically changed following an impact with a smaller body. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Cornell University

Enceladus may have been tipped over