NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is headed toward its Sept. 15 plunge into Saturn, following a final, distant flyby of the planet’s giant moon Titan. The spacecraft made its closest approach to Titan today ...

Saturn's moon Enceladus is a frozen world, but it isn't frozen solid. Colossal cryovolcanoes near the ice-locked moon's south pole send plumes from its briny global ocean so far into space that they ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has begun transmitting data and images from the mission’s final close flyby of Saturn’s active moon Enceladus. Cassini passed Enceladus at a distance of 3,106 miles (4,999 ...

In 2005, the Cassini probe discovered eruptions of water vapor and ice particles at Enceladus' south pole. Images from the spacecraft showed that the jets originated from fractures dubbed "tiger ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American After more than ten years in orbit around ...

Titan Flyby: On Sept. 7 NASA's Cassini probe made its latest flyby of Saturn's moon, Titan, coming within 668 miles of its cloud-covered surface. The spacecraft focused its sensors on Titan's high ...