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Mar 12, 2013 11:54 AM ET // Jason Major
This is a color composite image of Saturn's moon Rhea (pronounced REE-ah) made from raw images acquired by Cassini this past Saturday, March 9, during its most recent -- and last -- close pass of the moon. ->
Feb 27, 2013 07:00 AM ET // Jason Major
Hiding inside Saturn's majestic rings are tiny moons that can barely be seen -- but they give themselves away by the "propellers" in their wake. ->
Feb 20, 2013 04:09 PM ET // Jason Major
When it's setting up a powerful shockwave in space made up of high-speed particles accelerated to nearly the speed of light, that's when! ->
Aug 30, 2011 03:17 PM ET // Irene Klotz
The Cassini Solstice mission passed by the small Saturnian moon Hyperion over the weekend, soaring as close as 24,000 kilometers (15,000 miles) from the tumbling moon's cratered face.
Dec 18, 2012 02:11 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
The NASA spacecraft has captured one of its most dazzling views of the ringed gas giant yet.
Aug 16, 2010 11:41 AM ET // Irene Klotz
A NASA probe sends back its summer trip photos -- of Saturn's moon.
Jun 22, 2011 04:05 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has already confirmed the Saturn moon contains a liquid water sub-surface ocean, but it has also found evidence that the ocean might be pretty salty.
Sep 22, 2011 04:09 AM ET // Jason Major
Saturn's moon Enceladus has turned out to be quite the overachiever among moons in our solar system -- it pours rain onto Saturn.
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