Using data collected by the now-deceased Cassini spacecraft, astronomers suggest the planet’s rings formed during the age of dinosaurs on Earth
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Saturn’s rings are dying at ‘an alarming rate’
Researchers suggest that the stunning planetary feature will be gone in 300 million years
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Can you drink water from other planets?
We take a look at whether a glass of alien water is safe for us to drink
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Why is Iapetus walnut-shaped?
Read on to find out why Saturn’s moon has such an odd shape
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What are the cores of the gas giants made up of?
What’s inside these massive planets?
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Another radiation belt has been discovered around Saturn
A year on from Cassini’s conclusion, its data is still being used to reveal a new radiation belt around the gas giant Saturn
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Cassini’s concluding view of Titan
The last flyby of Saturn’s moon, Titan, showed its northern lakes and seas made up of liquid methane and ethane
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Saturn’s famous storm may stretch far above the clouds
The hexagonal vortex can be seen growing increasingly clearer and warmer as summertime approaches
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Hubble watches over Saturn’s powerful aurora
Combining optical and ultraviolet observations of Saturn’s north pole has provided a unique view of its enchanting aurora
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New images added to our Solar System’s family photo album
Hubble has taken advantage of the recent oppositions of Mars and Saturn to picture them in extraordinary detail
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Hear the electromagnetic energy moving between Saturn and Enceladus
Researchers converted the interaction of plasma waves detected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft into an eerie audio file
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Why are all the planets different colours if they formed at the same time?
We take a look at why the members of the Solar System vary in colour
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What keeps Saturn’s rings in place?
We find out how Saturn is able to hold onto its stunning rings
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What would happen if Saturn moved past Earth?
Hint: it doesn’t end well for our planet
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What would be involved in landing people on Titan?
We find out what is required in order to put man on Saturn’s moon
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Cassini’s final farewell to Saturn
Members of the imaging team behind the spacecraft have created this magnificent mosaic image of Saturn, taken just days before the mission’s end
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Intense rainstorms reshape Titan’s surface
Heavy methane downpours produce erosive features similar to those found on Earth
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Watch LIVE: Cassini plunges through Saturn’s atmosphere
Head over to mission control to experience the bus-sized spacecraft make its dramatic final dive just after 6:32am (EDT)
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Cassini Update: Spacecraft says goodbye to Titan before its demise
This last gravitational interaction with Titan will send Cassini into Saturn’s upper atmosphere
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‘Dragonfly’ drones could explore Titan’s surface
This mission has been proposed to NASA as the fourth expedition of their New Frontier program