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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Saturn's tiny frozen "Death Star" moon could actually be a "stealth" ocean world, scientists say 01:49. Is there life outside of Earth? A new snake-like robot could be the one to find out.

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'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 ...

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 ...

Space Exploration Zombie NASA satellite emits powerful radio pulse after ... Voyager 1 zipped past Saturn and Jupiter in 1979 and 1980 before flying out into ... which blankets our solar system.