Cassini–Huygens

NASA scientists have discovered the basic organic ingredients necessary for the existence of life in the water found in the ice plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

In the final moments of its 27-year mission, spacecraft Cassini took one final look at one of Saturn’s unsolved mysteries.

“Peggy” is a glitch that appears to be a disturbance in Saturn’s rings.

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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will bid farewell later this morning, after spending 13 years orbiting the Saturn system. It’s a bittersweet goodbye — the probe was launched in 1997 and has successfully lasted through two mission extensions. Today it will dive into Saturn’s atmosphere, and break apart, ending its 20-year journey.

There are many Greeks who are distinguishing themselves abroad in their professional fields. One of them is Athena Coustenis, the Director of Research 1st class with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the Observatory of Paris-Meudon, in France.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is currently conducting a series of elaborate dives in which it repeatedly comes closer to Saturn than ever before. But during its slower periods, NASA is still using the craft’s fantastic photography equipment to grab images of Saturn’s nearby bodies, such as the moon Titan.

NASA revealed this incredible image of Jupiter’s south pole on Friday.
It was created by citizen scientist Gabriel Fiset using data from the JunoCam instrument on NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
It shows dozens of gigantic oval storms dotting the cloudscape.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has just flown closer to Saturn than ever before – and returned some incredible photos in the process.

An ice-encrusted moon orbiting Saturn appears to have the conditions necessary for life, NASA announced on April 13, unveiling new findings made by its unmanned Cassini spacecraft.

Cassini has detected hydrogen molecules in vapor plumes emanating from cracks in the surface of Enceladus, a small ocean moon coated in a thick layer of ice, the U.S. space agency said.

New research from NASA indicates that Saturn's moon Enceladus may support microbial life. Details of new findings about ocean worlds in our solar system, arising from discoveries by the agency's Cassini spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope were announced live by the agency.

For all those that have devoted their lives trying to prove the existence of alien life form it would be a good idea to tune in to NASA’s press conference at 9pm (Greek time), as it is scheduled to reveal information it has collected regarding Saturn and alien life on Thursday.