Saturn system

There is an ongoing drama in the Saturnian ring system that causes small moons to be born and then destroyed on time scales that are but an eyeblink in the history of the solar system.

Team members on NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn have chosen a name for the final phase of the mission: the Cassini Grand Finale.

Researchers of the University of the Basque Country reveal some of the secrets of Saturn's mysterious hexagonal wave, including its rotation period, which could be that of the planet itself.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon.

Members of the Cassini team explains images of Saturn's striking hexagon, the re-take of the Pale Blue Dot, and what the future holds for the mission.

Cassini has captured a spectacular movie of a six-sided jet stream around Saturn's north pole.

NASA's Cassini mission has released a spectacular new image of Saturn, it's moons, the Earth, Mars and Venus.

Two NASA spacecraft, one studying the Saturn system, the other observing Mercury, are maneuvering into place to take pictures of Earth.

New data from Cassini suggests that the rings and moons of Saturn are bodies that date back to around the time of our solar system's birth.

NASA's Cassini mission is continuing its exploration of the Saturn system. Cassini has provided invaluable data for astrobiologists studying life's potential on moons of giant planets.