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Groundbreaking data from NASA’s Cassini suggests Saturn's icy moon could support life

A recent study of data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed groundbreaking findings about Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, suggesting that it may have a stable ocean capable of supporting life. Per ...
Today In The Space World on MSN

Cassini’s last images - NASA’s final look at Saturn

Cassini transformed our understanding of Saturn, its rings, storms, Titan, Enceladus, and hidden ocean worlds. Its Grand ...
Wired

Watch Live as NASA's Cassini Finally Faces Its Fiery Doom

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been ready to die for a very long time. The mission, which launched in 1997 to study Saturn and its moons, was supposed to end in 2008. Then it was supposed to call it ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Celebrate Cassini’s Historic Voyage in Eight Incredible Images

After 20 years in space and 13 years exploring Saturn and its moons, NASA's Cassini space probe is running out of fuel. So on Friday, the craft will swing through the gap between Saturn and its famous ...
The New Yorker

Saying Goodbye to Cassini, the NASA Mission That Transformed Our Understanding of the Solar System

This Friday, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will come to a similar end. At 6:31 A.M., Eastern Daylight Time, after two decades of flight and thirteen years of spectacular discovery around Saturn, and with ...
Forbes

Cassini's Farewell Nearly Coincides With The Death Of Its Namesake

There's a beautiful coincidence in the timing of the Cassini spacecraft's farewell. Cassini will transmit its final message to Earth just hours after the 305th anniversary of the death of its namesake ...
CNN

Signal received! Cassini probe shoots through Saturn’s rings

It marks the first time a man-made object has explored this region of space NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has successfully executed its daring dive through the 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its ...