Saturn's rings

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

A view of Saturn’s rings captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 21 July 2016. Just below rings can be spotted Saturn’s tiny moon Mimas. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Saturn’s rings are disappearing

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

The Story of the Solar System: Inside the rings of Saturn

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 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

An image of Uranus and its rings captured by the Keck II telescope Source: W. M. Keck Observatory (Marcos van Dam)

New moons around Uranus?

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Cassini team weighs Saturn’s B ring