Cassini
Giovanni Cassini was an Italian astronomer, most famous for first discovering four of Saturn's moons. Over 300 years later the unmanned spacecraft Cassini-Huygens was launched and began its mission to Saturn. After entering orbit on 1 July 2004 on the 25 December the Huygens lander separated from the Cassini orbiter and landed on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Twelve years after their arrival both continue to complete missions, until it finally completed a controlled descent into the planet's atmosphere on 15 September 2017.
Why is there a hexagon on Saturn?
Its sides are 14,500km long
29 beautiful Cassini images (and a few fun facts)
The Cassini spacecraft has opened our eyes to the wonders of Saturn and its moons like Enceladus and Titan with some amazing pictures - here are some of our favourites of the planet, its rings and moons, including the last one ever taken.
Cassini’s one-way mission into Saturn
This week Cassini’s two-decade-long mission comes to a spectacular close. But before the craft ends its trip with a fatal plunge into Saturn, let's look at some of the incredible discoveries it has made.
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Five things we’ve seen thanks to the Cassini spacecraft
The Cassini probe has been circling around Saturn and its moons for more than 13 years – here are some incredible insights captured.
Bittersweet feeling before Cassini mission death plunge
One of the most successful space exploration missions of all time still has a lot left to uncover.
Extraordinary new compounds could exist in gas giants
Scientists use advanced computer modelling systems to establish molecular structure of planets like Uranus and Neptune with incredible results.
‘Wobbly’ Saturn moon suggests global ocean
Scientists studying images from the Cassini space probe discover an ocean below the icy surface of Enceladus covering the whole of the Saturn-moon’s inner core.
