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April 10, 2018

New map of Titan shows moon's hidden surface

Before NASA’s Cassini mission, which ended in 2017 after 13 years orbiting Saturn, little was known about the surface of the planet’s largest …

February 27, 2018

Heating up Enceladus' ice-covered ocean

Saturn’s sixth-largest moon, Enceladus, is covered by ice, but just beneath its icy surface lies an ocean of liquid water. New research suggests …

September 14, 2017

Cassini's legacy after two decades

On Sept. 15, 2017, at 4:55 a.m. PT, scientists on Earth received the last transmission from the Cassini spacecraft. It descended into Saturn’s …