Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Rhea, Saturn’s second-largest moon. Rhea is made up of rock and ice and is ...

The Cassini mission, a landmark collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), unveiled the mysteries of Saturn and its moons. Launched in 1997 ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

Thus, when studying Enceladus, every detail really matters — which brings us to a new, very strange detail that scientists ...

Saturn’s rings are among the most glorious, stunning, and well-studied features in the Solar System. However, their age has ...

Mysterious dark spot observed on Enceladus fades over time Enceladus’ icy plumes may explain the vanishing feature NASA’s Cassini mission images reveal the anomaly’s disappearance ...

That world was one of Saturn’s many moons, Rhea. The discovery of Rhea took place on December 23, 1672 by Italian astronomer, mathematician and engineer Giovanni Cassini. Rhea was the second of ...

The idea that Saturn's rings are young seemed very strange in the context of the solar system's long evolutionary history." ...

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A mysterious dark spot on Saturn's moon Enceladus has baffled scientists after it faded over several years. Discovered through NASA’s Cassini mission, the spot's sudden disappearance raises ...

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