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This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

NASA's Cassini spacecraft ends 20-year-long epic journey

The Cassini mission gave scientists an unprecedented view of the sixth planet from the Sun.

15 Sept 2017 6:09 PM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

Cassini readies one last plunge into Saturn

NASA's Cassini probe is counting its final hours before one last plunge into Saturn on Sept. 15.

14 Sept 2017 9:16 AM IST

Saturn (Photo: NASA)

Lord of the rings: Saturn's halo may be relatively recent trait

Findings say that the rings developed soon after Saturn formed about 4.5 billion years ago.

19 Jan 2019 11:07 AM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

300 feet deep liquid lake found on Saturn's moon

Titan and Earth are the solar system's two places with standing bodies of liquid on the surface.

16 April 2019 12:43 PM IST

A team led by Frank Postberg and Nozair Khawaja they had identified fragments of large organic molecules in ice grains that were ejected from geysers through cracks in the moons icy exterior. (Photo: NASA)

New Cassini findings suggest Saturn moon could support life

The Cassini spacecraft first flew close to the ice-covered moon in 2005 as part of a mission to gather data on Saturn.

29 Jun 2018 8:35 AM IST

Saturn (Photo: NASA)

Astrophysicists create music from Saturn's moons, rings

Cassini has been collecting data while orbiting Saturn since its arrival in 2004 and is now in the throes of a final...

31 Aug 2017 4:11 PM IST

Saturn (Photo: NASA)

Astrophysicists make music from Saturn's moons, rings

It will plunge into the planet itself on September 15 to avoid contaminating any of its moons.

31 Aug 2017 2:03 PM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

Cassini preps for fiery plunge into Saturn after 13-year mission

Cassini will make the last of 22 farewell dives between the planet's rings and surface on Sept. 15.

31 Aug 2017 8:15 AM IST

Daphnis, measuring just eight kilometres across, orbits within the 42-kilometre wide area known as the Keeler Gap. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Saturn probe beams back image of wavemaker moon Daphnis

The little moon's gravity raises waves in the edges of the gap in both the horizontal and vertical directions.

23 Jan 2017 7:57 AM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

Cassini probe finds vast void between Saturn's rings

Scientists had hoped to find space dust in the region befor sending Cassini to Saturn forever.

6 May 2017 10:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

More radical changes ahead

It may be tough, but not insurmountable for PM Modi to destroy the demons of the economy post the demonetisation move.

20 Nov 2016 12:16 AM IST

Rocky road ahead for Cyrus Mistry

The upcoming year will be an eventful one for mistry. He will be haunted by some issues from his past.

13 Nov 2016 12:37 AM IST