NASA's Cassini probe is plunging to its death. The nuclear-powered spacecraft has orbited Saturn for 13 years, and sent back hundreds of thousands of images. The photos include close-ups of the ...

Early tomorrow morning, NASA scientists will say goodbye to their Cassini spacecraft — a hardy probe the size of a school bus that has been orbiting the Saturn system for the last 13 years.

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 ...

Here’s how it works. The one-week countdown has begun for the Cassini spacecraft's fatal dive into Saturn's atmosphere. On Sept. 15, Cassini will dive straight into Saturn, collecting in-situ ...

Saturn’s rings are one of the most iconic features in our solar system, captivating astronomers and stargazers for centuries.

Saturn may be in the Cassini spacecraft's rear-view mirror, but the science team behind the international mission is continuing to take in data — including eye-opening readings of the planet's ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside my home in Utah snow dusted a rocky mountain outcrop I’d ...

Hours after settling into orbit around Saturn, the international Cassini spacecraft on Thursday sent back unprecedented glimpses of the planet's rings, revealing patterned waves that looked like ...

The Saturn V rocket is widely known as the rocket that brought humans to the moon. It required considerable speed to escape ...

The spacecraft that gave us so much information about Saturn has started its final dives -- in between Saturn's rings. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

After 13 years in orbit around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is about to plunge itself into the planet's atmosphere and disintegrate. NASA decided to put an end to the mission on Friday ...