Saturn’s moon Hyperion presents a puzzle to planetary scientists with its spongelike surface, which looks more like a sea creature than a rocky satellite. It’s also oddly large for such an irregularly ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured new photos of Saturn's ugly-duckling moon Hyperion that show its cratered surface up close. The pictures come from Cassini's Aug. 25 flyby of the Saturn moon ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured new views of Saturn’s oddly shaped moon Hyperion during its encounter with this cratered body on Thursday, August 25. Raw images were acquired as the spacecraft flew ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Saturn's porous moon, Hyperion, is the largest known nonspherical moon in the solar system. The ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed for the first time surface details of Saturn's moon Hyperion, including cup-like craters filled with hydrocarbons that may indicate more widespread presence in ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured new photos of Saturn's ugly-duckling moon Hyperion that show its cratered surface up close. The pictures come from Cassini's Aug. 25 flyby of the Saturn moon ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured new views of Saturn's oddly shaped moon Hyperion during its encounter with a cratered body on Aug. 25. Raw images were acquired as the spacecraft flew past the moon ...