Des prises de vues dans l'infrarouge étalées sur les 13 années de la mission Cassini ont été combinées. Elles fournissent en six images des cartes précises de la surface de Titan, malgré son épaisse ...

La sonde américaine Cassini, en orbite autour de Saturne depuis 2004, a amorcé les manoeuvres qui la feront plonger et se désintégrer dans l'atmosphère de la planète gazeuse géante le 15 septembre ...

A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year tour of the ringed ...

Just before Cassini was vaporized while falling through the extreme pressure of Saturn's clouds, the bus-sized spacecraft beamed home an image of the spot where it would meet its fate. The photo is by ...

Cassini shot the gap and lived to tell the tale. The Saturn-exploring spacecraft managed to successfully fly through the 1,500 mile gap between Saturn and its rings and survive seemingly unscathed.

Cassini va traverser les anneaux de Saturne en passant entre les anneaux G et F de la planète, dans une zone dépourvue de roches. À 04H36 (heure de Paris), le moteur principal de la sonde sera mis à ...

The highly saturated image was an artistic representation of Cassini's final mission. Actual images captured by the spacecraft were monochrome with far less detail. NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbited ...

On Friday, Sept. 15, the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn will hurl itself into the gas giant, ending its twenty-year long mission. In its final moments, the spacecraft will collect unique data ...

Pasadena, Calif. — An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission. NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 ...

Spacecraft remain the best lens with which humans have viewed the universe beyond Earth. These spacecraft are dedicated to increasing the knowledge of humans. One of the best examples is the ...