The anatomy of a gas giant
Rings of ice and dust
The wild worlds of Saturn's moons
Humanity's eyes on the giant
YOUR GOAL
Master of The cosmic crown jewel and its rings of mystery
sonia Humanity's Eyes on Saturn
We sent our robotic eyes to watch you glow, Catching every ring before we let you go.
sonia The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft spent 13 years orbiting Saturn, transforming our understanding of the planet and its moons.
sonia Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens was the first to correctly identify Saturn's rings as a flat ring system in 1655.
Cassini's end: To protect potential life on Titan or Enceladus, scientists intentionally crashed Cassini into Saturn's atmosphere in 2017, where it vaporized like a shooting star.
An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer and larger by magnifying their images. In 1610, Galileo Galilei used this instrument to make the first recorded observations of the ringed planet.
Why did scientists intentionally destroy the Cassini spacecraft in Saturn's atmosphere in 2017?
Which Dutch astronomer correctly identified Saturn's rings as a flat ring system in 1655?
What did Galileo write in confusion when Saturn's rings temporarily became invisible from Earth?
What was the name of the lander that successfully touched down on Titan's surface in 2005?