Saturns Rings

NASA's Cassini probe beams back first images from ring-grazing Saturn Orbit

Soon after the Cassini orbiter successfully executed the first of its ring-grazing orbits, it beamed back photos of the northern hemisphere of Saturn.

Saturn's silver sheen: Nasa unveils photo of the planet's crescent moon

In a revealing photo of Nasa crescent moon taken by the Cassini spacecraft, shines right above its Saturn's blue rings. Assigned to explore Saturn and its moons, the spacecraft flew about 630,000 miles from Enceladus in July 2015 to explore the possibility of life.