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Experience eight years of breathtaking Saturnian exploration in five minutes [Video]

last yearGenres / Sci Fi : io9

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting around Saturn and its various moons since 2004. In that time, it's collected thousands upon thousands of awe-inspiring images of the ringed planet and its satellites. More »
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What the heck is going on with Saturn's rings in this photograph? [Space]

Genres / Sci Fi : io9 (9 months ago)

NASA's Cassini orbiter just beamed back its latest batch of images of Saturn and its various satellites. They are, as usual, gorgeous, but this stunning view of the planet — photographed from below the plane of its rings — really ca... Read Post

Nasa spacecraft captures Saturn's rings 'slicing through' two of its moons

News : The Coming Crisis (last year)

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has orbited the planet Saturn since 2004, studying the planet, its mysterious moons, and its rings of tiny particles of ice. The orbiter captured an image directly 'across' Saturn's rings in front of the mo... Read Post

Beautiful new NASA photo captures the diversity of Saturn's many moons [Space Porn]

Genres / Sci Fi : io9 (2 years ago)

Since 2004, NASA's Cassini orbiter has been collecting data on Saturn, its rings and its moons, capturing breathtaking images of them all as it courses through space. More » Read Post


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