New research emerging from the final orbits of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft represents a huge leap forward in our understanding of the Saturn system — especially the mysterious, never-before-explored ...

Artist's view of Cassini flying between Saturn's innermost rings and atmosphere during last year's "grand finale." NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Cassini spacecraft flamed out in Saturn's atmosphere a year ...

All four of the solar system’s giant planets have ring systems. The rings of Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are dark, sparse belts or ringlets. Only Saturn’s massive main rings are dense and bright, ...

A thrilling ride is about to begin for NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Engineers have been pumping up the spacecraft’s orbit around Saturn this year to increase its tilt with respect to the planet’s ...

Quaoar, which orbits the sun in the distant Kuiper belt, is the latest small object shown to have a ring like the ones around Saturn. By Kenneth Chang A small icy world far beyond Neptune possesses a ...

Enceladus, the sixth largest of Saturn's moons, is known for spraying out tiny icy silica particles -- so many of them that the particles are a key component of the second outermost ring around Saturn ...

THE KUIPER BELT (WHTM) — Astronomers at the European Space Agency got quite a surprise recently when they observed a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, the doughnut-shaped ring of icy objects which ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Scientists have discovered a ring system around a small object ...

New finding! Cassini passed through a dust storm of ring particles made of ice, meteorite-stuff and organics before finally burning up in the Saturn's atmosphere last year. Read post here.