Just in time for the holidays, NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn for more than eight years now, has delivered another glorious, backlit view of the planet Saturn and its rings.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured a gorgeous backlit image of Saturn and its rings, providing a holiday treat for scientists and the public alike.

The Cassini spacecraft's onboard cameras acquired a panoramic mosaic of Saturn that allows scientists to see details in the rings as they are backlit by the sun. This image spans about 404,880 ...

Saturn’s distinctive rings make it arguably the most ... NASA’s Cassini spacecraft snapped hundreds of photos of Saturn, backlit by the Sun. NASA combined 141 of those photos to produce ...

NASA's Saturn photo was taken when Cassini was in the shadow of the planet, with. NASA's Cassini spacecraft is currently orbiting Saturn and it sent back a particularly stunning photo of the planet.

A backlit picture from the Cassini spacecraft, acquired in September 2006, shows Saturn and its rings - including two faint rings that usually go unseen. Click on the image for a slide show of ...

Saturn’s rings are slowly disappearing. The rings will vanish in a few hundred million years as icy material from them rains down on the planet, scientists predict.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured a gorgeous backlit image of Saturn and its rings, providing a holiday treat for scientists and the public alike. Cassini took the photo — actually a mosaic ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured a gorgeous backlit image of Saturn and its rings, providing a holiday treat for scientists and the public alike. Cassini took the photo — actually a mosaic of 60 ...

Saturn’s rings are slowly disappearing. The rings will vanish in a few hundred million years as icy material from them rains down on the planet, scientists predict.