After two decades in space, NASA’s Cassini mission ended with a dramatic plunge into Saturn – but not before sending back ...

PASADENA, Calif. — The end is nigh for NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which is now less than 48 hours away from its scheduled death dive into Saturn . At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL ...

That vehicle is Cassini, and its exploration of Saturn has led to some of the biggest discoveries ever made about the worlds in our Solar System. But as accomplished as this spacecraft is ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft re-established contact with ground controllers shortly before 3 a.m. ET after passing through the gap between Saturn and the planet's rings. NASA says the probe is now ...

Thirteen years after reaching Saturn, NASA's nuclear-powered Cassini spacecraft raced through its 294th and final orbit Thursday, collecting priceless data while hurtling toward a kamikaze-like ...

NASA’s Cassini probe has entered the final phase of its 13-year mission to Saturn, executing the first in a series of five “ultra-close” dives through the planet’s atmosphere. The ...

Cassini was the last of NASA’s big missions to the outer solar system. It followed in the footsteps of Voyagers 1 and 2, which visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the late 1970s and ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is often described as one of the most Earth-like places in the solar system. It features vast ...

After 13 years in orbit around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is about to plunge itself into the planet's atmosphere and disintegrate. NASA decided to put an end to the mission on Friday ...

In a stunning reminder of our place in the vastness of space, a remarkable image taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows ...

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA scientists just received their last message from the Cassini spacecraft, which plunged into Saturn early Friday morning. Those final bits of data signal the end of one of ...