Saturn is perhaps the most photogenic planet in our solar system, and a new photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft shows the world off in a big way. Bands of clouds look like they were painted on ...

These are the closest-ever images of Saturn. They were taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft just days before it crashed into Saturn. The results are spectacular. Shortly after Cassini took its final ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

Saturn is transitioning, causing its tilt to shift. This will alter our view of the planet as Earth crosses its ring plane. This is where the disappearance comes in. An enhanced colour image of ...

This latest image heralds the start of Saturn's "spoke season" with the appearance of two smudgy spokes in the B ring, on the left in the image. The shape and shading of spokes varies – they can ...

When Nasa launched its Cassini spacecraft in 1997 to study Saturn, its mission was to take pictures, giving the closest, most detailed look at Saturn's rings and its moons. Observations made by ...

The smallest known moon of Saturn was imaged on Aug. 15, 2008, and its presence was confirmed when scientists found it in two earlier Cassini images. Aegir: Discovered on December 12, 2004 ...