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18 Jan 2019

NASA's Cassini reveals new details on Saturn's rings

Saturn formed 4.5 billion years ago, in the early years of our solar system and There have been clues that its ring system is a young upstart that attached to Saturn years afterward.

18 Dec 2018

Saturn rings may vanish in 100 mn years: NASA

The rings are being pulled into Saturn by gravity as a dusty rain of ice particles under the influence of Saturn`s magnetic field.

24 Oct 2017

Saturn and its rings look graceful in this stunning image by NASA's Cassini

Scientists scoured images of this region, particularly those taken at the high phase (spacecraft-ring-Sun) angles, looking for material that might pose a hazard to the spacecraft.

15 Sep 2017

Five incredible revelations of NASA's Cassini mission

Cassini's aim of investigating Saturn is truly a fruitful one, owing to all the amazingly informative insights into the evolution and structure of the ringed planet.

30 May 2017

Cassini beams back its pre-grand finale, saying goodbye to Saturn's main ring system! - See pic

The image was part of a mosaic that included the planet's moon Daphnis (PIA17212).

02 May 2017

Cassini's Grand Finale – NASA probe poised to dive between Saturn and its rings for second time

On Tuesday, May 2, at 3.38 p.m. EDT (1:a.m. Wednesday India Time), NASA's Cassini will shoot the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings for the second time in its Grand Finale.

30 Jan 2017

Saturn's rings dazzle in a close-up! NASA's Cassini delivers one of its best 'ring-grazing' images of the planet

The 20-year-old spacecraft has been investigating the ringed planet for 13 years, thereby providing scientists with numerous insights into Saturn's structure and evolution.

23 Nov 2016

NASA's Cassini spacecraft to make its closest flyby of Saturn's rings soon!

On many of these passes, Cassini's instruments will attempt to directly sample ring particles and molecules of faint gases that are found close to the rings.

Cassini spacecraft

16 Sep 2016

Cassini gets ready for closest-ever observations of Saturn

Beginning on November 30, Cassini's orbit will send the spacecraft just past the outer edge of the main rings.

06 Jul 2016

Pandemonium! Saturn's moon Pan and rings as seen from Cassini spacecraft (See pic)

Pan and moons like it have profound effects on Saturn's rings, ranging from clearing gaps to creating new ringlets, to raising vertical waves that rise above and below the ring plane.

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