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 ...

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 ...

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.

NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System (SLS) that will take the agency’s astronauts farther into space than ever before, create high-quality jobs here at home, and provide the ...

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 ...

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 image showing how Saturn's rings will appear to disappear during its equinox in 2025. NASA. The last time this was visible was in September 2009, and will occur again in October 2038.

NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the project to move forward with full-scale fabrication of the spacecraft ...

Saturn takes about 29.4 Earth years to complete one orbit of our home star, according to NASA.As it does, the second largest planet in our solar system experiences seasons due to the axis of ...

NASA is working on The Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) system, a snake-like robot that would be used to explore the surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s 83 moons. NASA/JPL-CalTech/SWNS 3 ...