NASA’s Cassini spacecraft dove inside Saturn’s rings for the first time on April 26, its first of 22 planned orbits close to the planet’s atmosphere. Cassini returned the closest images ever ...

Saturn's outer B ring is highlighted in this new image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken Dec. 18, 2016, in visible light. The image features twice as much detail as any previous photo of the area.

Three Cassini images show a propeller-shaped structure created by an unseen moon in Saturn's A ring. Saturn's rings are visible for the first time in two years, as Cassini spacecraft moved out of ...

Until Cassini's arrival at Saturn in 2004, humanity had never viewed Saturn up close and personal. In all, Cassini has provided more than 453,000 pictures of Saturn, its rings and moons. The final ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent back stunning images from its historic dive between Saturn and its rings. Cassini is the first spacecraft to explore the 1,500-mile gap between Saturn and its ...

Cassini shot the gap and lived to tell the tale. The Saturn-exploring spacecraft managed to successfully fly through the 1,500 mile gap between Saturn and its rings and survive seemingly unscathed.

Of course, Cassini was also busy snapping images with its cameras. This is the last time it’ll have such a good view of the rings, with the Sun hidden behind Saturn but still lighting them up.

Saturn's icy moon Mimas (lower L) is seen while looking toward the sunlit side of the planet's rings, and was captured in red light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on July 21, 2016 ...

NASA released the highest resolution photos ever taken of any part of Saturn’s rings. The photo was taken on July 6, with the narrow angle camera on the Cassini craft from the sunlit side of the ...

Since 2004, the Cassini spacecraft has provided more than 453,000 pictures of Saturn, its rings and moons. Here’s a look at some of those otherworldly images.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has survived an unprecedented trip between Saturn and its rings, and has amazing pictures to show for it. Flight controllers regained contact ...