Oleg Cassini’s former Oyster Bay estate is all locked up — literally. Access to its gated entrance requires security clearance and the removal of a shiny chain and padlock. Much of the grass is ...

Cassini detected fresh organic compounds in ice plumes from Enceladus’s subsurface ocean, strengthening the moon’s potential ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years.

NASA's Cassini orbiter, the powerhouse producer of mind-blowing Saturn photos, unexpectedly put itself into "safe mode" at 7 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Nov. 2. Update 4:30pm Pacific: The spacecraft is healthy ...

One of the greatest photographers in the solar system is about to hang up its camera. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has taken nearly 400,000 images during its slow sojourn to Saturn, documenting its 53 or ...

This is where Cassini plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere in a blaze of glory. After 19 years and 335 days in space—most of it spent spinning around the Saturnian System—Cassini took this one last photo ...

But Cassini’s team is also sacrificing the orbiter to avoid contaminating anything living in the Saturn system. Cassini’s discoveries on Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus---everything from complex ...

If all goes to plan, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will beam new images of Saturn and its rings to Earth early Thursday, sharing data collected Wednesday from its first dive through the gap between the ...

Cassini arrived at Saturn in 2004, and it wasted no time making scientific discoveries. The NASA spacecraft witnessed epic storms and discovered new moons. Most importantly, its observations of ...

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 ...