Scientists trace phosphates to Enceladus, boosting outlook for life on Saturn’s moon Phosphorus, an essential ingredient for life as we know it, has been detected for the first time in water samples… Read More
Fighting for science to the last: Cassini mission ends with smash-up at Saturn Before its destruction, the bus-sized Cassini spacecraft fought Saturn’s buffeting atmosphere to send back scientific data for even longer than… Read More
Hours before its doom, NASA’s Cassini probe takes its parting shots at Saturn The final pictures from NASA’s 13-year-long Cassini mission at Saturn are flowing in – and they’re good to the last drop.… Read More
Cassini orbiter’s team turns Saturn crash into cause for celebration – and for science Twenty years after its launch to Saturn, NASA has set the Cassini orbiter on a course for certain destruction on… Read More
From 1979 to 2017: How we’ve changed since the Northwest’s last total solar eclipse When the daytime sky darkens on Aug. 21, it’ll be the first time in more than 38 years that a… Read More
Listen to the sound of silence as Cassini crosses ‘The Big Empty’ in Saturn orbit The researchers behind NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn are relieved, and a bit mystified, to discover that the narrow gap… Read More
Cassini orbiter survives first dive inside Saturn’s rings: 21 to go, and then the end NASA’s Cassini orbiter zoomed inside Saturn’s rings overnight for the first time in its 20-year-long flight – and lived to tell about… Read More
Enceladus’ plumes suggest that Saturn moon’s ocean could support microbial life Scientists have detected molecules of hydrogen in plumes of watery material erupting from cracks in the ice of Enceladus, a… Read More
It’s a UFO! It’s a walnut? No … It’s Pan, one of Saturn’s weirdest-looking moons Astronomers have long known that Pan, one of the “shepherd moons” in Saturn’s rings, had a weird shape. But it… Read More
