The spacecraft is set to plunge to its death in Saturn's atmosphere in April. — -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft is beginning a series of "ring grazing" orbits today to study Saturn's rings and moons ...

NASA’s Cassini space probe orbited Saturn for 13 years, when, with its mission complete, it entered a controlled descent, burning up in the ringed planet’s atmosphere. Before its fiery demise, however ...

The Cassini probe took its final orbits, referred to as the Grand Finale Orbits (GFOs), in 2017, before launching itself into Saturn's atmosphere. During these GFOs, the probe collected samples of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as commonly thought, the ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as commonly thought, the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as commonly thought ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as commonly thought ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as commonly thought ...