A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close Friday (Sept. 15, 2017), as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13 ...

On September 15, 2017, NASA’s Cassini spacecraftmade its final journey into the heart of Saturn ... the most intriguing worlds in the solar system. One of the most remarkable aspects of Cassini’s ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has found a new leader for its Solar System exploration program, and the choice of Bobby Braun signals a willingness to adapt to the changing world of aerospace.

What comes next for solar system exploration ... Cassini’s perfectly executed dive last week shuttered one of our few windows to the solar system. ... or bop around one of Saturn’s moons NASA ...

Passing behind Saturn last Friday, NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped a series of pictures showing the planet and its rings, including planet Earth as a "pale blue dot" 898 million miles away.

It’s official—NASA is being sent to "ice giant" planet Uranus and Saturn ... senior scientist for Planetary Atmospheres Research in the Solar System Exploration Division at the NASA ...

NASA is sending a drone to Titan, Saturn's largest moon, in an ambitious mission that could unlock the mystery of how life began on Earth. Launching in 2026, the dual-quadcopter will reach Titan ...

NASA officials announced the two finalists for a new robotic explorer mission. One would retrieve samples from the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the other to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. News ...

I came across an interactive NASA tool called Solar System Simulator. On it, you can view objects in our solar system from different viewpoints and moments in time. Fill out each drop down menu ...

NASA routinely snaps new images of the gaseous planets in our solar system, so you can expect another updated image sometime next year. In the meantime, this one will do just fine. Tech ...

After combining this information with data from NASA's spacecraft-tracking Deep Space Network system, the study team was able to pinpoint the Saturn system's center of mass, or barycenter, within ...