NASA's Best Spacecraft Can't Make It Home; Why Cassini Needs To Vaporize In Saturn?

Medicine & Technology Apr 06, 2017

Cassini is entering the final stages of its Saturn mission. The best spacecraft there is completed its 20-year probe and 22 laps in planet Saturn.

NASA On Saturn: The Final Chapter Of Cassini

Apr 05, 2017

The final chapter in a remarkable mission of exploration and discovery, Cassini's Grand Finale is in many ways like a brand new mission. Twenty-two times, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will dive into the unexplored space between Saturn and its rings. What we learn from these ultra-close passes over the planet could be some of the most exciting revelations ever returned by the long-lived spacecraft.

Saturn's North Pole Looks Like Watercolor Painting Brushwork: Image Captured By NASA's Cassini Spacecraft

Apr 02, 2017

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured an image of the Saturn's North Pole. The image shows the north pole of Saturn displaying the beautiful bands in it and the swirls which are present in it.

Mysterious 'Magic Islands' on Saturn's Titan Moon May Have Just Been Explained

Mar 18, 2017

Hydrocarbon lakes on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, may erupt on occasion, ejecting nitrogen bubbles in the process.

Take A Glimpse Of The Waves Made By Saturn's Moon Daphnis

Mar 09, 2017

Daphnis, one of Saturn's ring-embedded moons, might be a small moon for Saturn, but as how poets used to call small things, Daphnis is filled with wonder. With the latest image from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Cassini probe, Daphnis proved to be incredible through a stunning photo of it making waves.

NASA Spacecraft Show A Unique Six-Sided Hexagon Jet Stream Around Saturn's North Pole

Feb 28, 2017

The huge mysterious hexagon at Saturn's north pole may finally have an explanation. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.

VIDEO—How Antiquated Technology May Reveal the Secrets of Titan’s Seas

Feb 15, 2015

Beneath the glaring surface and choppy waves, many secrets are hidden here in the oceans of Earth. The vast depths hide species unknown to men, lost treasures at the seafloor and perhaps even a cryptid or two. And while terrestrial studies of planets may have been interesting in the 20th century, space agencies are looking to aquatic surveys which may one day reveal the origins of life even farther out in space.

Seeing In Shades of Red—Revealing the Rings of Saturn

Feb 11, 2015

Unfortunately, when it comes to vision, humans aren’t the most adapted to see the world as it really is. Only capable of seeing a relatively small portion of the electromagnetic waves possible in the spectrum, our view is narrowed to that within the visible spectrum. But thanks to our mental aptitudes, researchers are able to solve this problem by developing imaging techniques that view our world, and the universe, in a different way.