NASA has released a somber view of Saturn's night side, created from some of the final images captured by the Cassini spacecraft. An annotated version of the release poignantly highlights the region ...

Image of Saturn and some of its moons, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument on June 25, 2023. The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first infrared image of Saturn. The ...

Almost all of the hydrocarbon seas and lakes on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan cluster around the north pole, as can be seen in this mosaic from NASA's Cassini mission. Image released Oct. 23, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The mysterious surface of Saturn's huge moon Titan comes into gloriously sharp focus in newly ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Infrared-light images of Titan taken by the James Webb Space Telescope in July 2023 showing ...

Montage of JWST MIRI/MRS observations of Saturn in November 2022, requiring four tiles to study Saturn’s northern hemisphere and rings. Planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have ...

NASA's Cassini satellite ended its 13-year mission in September 2017, but scientists and researchers are analyzing some of the final data sets sent back from it. The new data was analyzed, and two new ...

Saturn's moon Titan is one of the most interesting bodies in the solar system – but not in the visible spectrum. Under normal lighting conditions, the moon just looks like a dull, featureless yellow ...

Striking new images from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the vast auroras fluttering atop its North Pole, the best shots ever captured of the glowing halo. The new images are in fact an ...

The modelling of phenomena observed in spectroscopic studies of material surfaces employs function discovered by S. Chandrasekhar in analysing interaction of light with atmospheres of giant planets.

The highly saturated image was an artistic representation of Cassini's final mission. Actual images captured by the spacecraft were monochrome with far less detail. NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbited ...

Saturn’s moon Dione appears to be getting its tiger on. The world is decorated with long, bright stripes, according to a new study, something astronomers say is unlike anything else they’ve seen in ...