Researchers from Cornell University have utilized bistatic radar data from Cassini’s flybys of Titan to…
Browsing: Cassini-Huygens Mission
The Cassini-Huygens mission was a collaborative NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and ASI (Italian Space Agency) project that studied Saturn and its complex system of rings and moons. Launched on October 15, 1997, Cassini was a sophisticated robotic spacecraft that orbited Saturn from July 2004 until September 2017, providing a wealth of data that transformed our understanding of the ringed planet, its moons, magnetic environment, and the entire Saturnian system. The spacecraft was equipped to carry out detailed studies of Saturn’s atmosphere, the composition and behavior of its rings, and the geology and composition of its moons.
A Lancaster University PhD student has measured the optical depth of Saturn’s rings using a…
Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin have discovered phosphorus in the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon…
With the Cassini spacecraft, built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, safely in orbit around Saturn,…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus contains phosphates, a key building block of life, at levels significantly higher…
In 1997 an ambitious international mission, led by NASA’S Jet Propulsion Laboratory, launches to Saturn.…
Phosphorus, a key chemical element for many biological processes, has been found in icy grains…
Southwest Research Institute helped find evidence for phosphorus in the liquid water ocean beneath the…
NASA’s Cassini mission data suggests that Saturn’s rings are young, possibly only a few hundred…
A study published in Nature Astronomy concludes that known geochemical processes can’t explain the levels…
New research on nine craters of Saturn’s largest moon provides more details about how weathering…
A global infrared mosaic of Saturn’s moon Enceladus created using a complete dataset from the…
Scientists used data gathered by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during 13 years of exploring the Saturn…
The new research by scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency has implications for…
High-resolution images obtained by the Cassini spacecraft were used for this purpose by the Planetary…
New mapping of the giant planet’s upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it’s so hot.…
Fifteen years ago, ESA’s Huygens probe made history when it descended to the surface of…
Saturn’s tiny, frozen moon Enceladus is a strange place. Just 300 miles (480 kilometers) across,…