Whilst Saturn is spectacular to view with the naked eye alone, a 6-inch telescope will help resolve the gas giant's iconic ...

The Cassini Division is the largest of several gaps between Saturn's rings and measures around 2,920 miles wide. Read more: Cassini spacecraft delivers biggest revelation yet: A moon of Saturn is ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its historic dive between Saturn and its famous rings Wednesday. No spacecraft has ever explored the 1,500-mile gap between Saturn and its rings, so Cassini ...

Saturn’s globe blocked the Sun while Cassini captured this panoramic view showing the planet’s ring system in exquisite detail. The imaging team created this mosaic from 165 separate images ...

Launched in 1997, Cassini reached Saturn in 2004 and has been exploring it from orbit ever since. Its European traveling companion, ... NASA’s planetary science division director.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has successfully executed its daring dive, hurtling through the 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its rings.

Collision course! … or not. Saturn's battered moon Mimas appears to be headed for a crash through the planet's trademark rings, but it's all an optical illusion seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft ...

The substantial moon Mimas causes the large Cassini Division in this way. Saturn's moon Pan forges the 202-mile-wide (325 km) Encke Gap, giving it a wavy, scalloped edge.

An especially astute viewer will also notice the Cassini Division, or the 3,000 mile (4,800 km) gap between Saturn’s A and B rings. (Here’s a detailed walk-through that explores the location ...

Every 13-15 years, Saturn is angled in a way in which the edge of its thin rings are oriented toward Earth ... The largest gap, known as the Cassini Division, measures only 2,920 miles in width.

2004-07-02 04:00:00 PDT Pasadena-- The Cassini spacecraft, flying precisely in its first orbit around Saturn on Thursday, began sending back the most extraordinary images of the planet's ...