Cassini inserted itself into orbit around Saturn on 1 July, and swung past the planet's largest moon, Titan, just two days later. Infrared pictures of the moon's surface show that bright 'hot ...

The NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission explored Saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017, providing the most detailed images and ...

The Cassini mission brought with it the European Space Agency’s Huygens lander, which was dispatched to Titan and successfully entered its atmosphere and then descended under parachute to the ...

NASA's Cassini mission flew past Titan early Wednesday morning, successfully completing a complex maneuver that will help scientists better understand one of the solar system's most intriguing moons.

Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, hazy atmosphere, and it's often compared to a primitive Earth. But now, ...

Titan will be waiting once again when the road runs out in September. A last, distant encounter with the moon on Sept. 11 will usher Cassini to its fate, with the spacecraft sending back precious ...

On Nov. 29, Cassini did another close flyby of Titan, capturing more images of its north pole so scientists can look for more changes that may have occurred there.

Cassini’s view of Titan’s high northern latitudes in May 2012, the lakes on the left are full of liquid hydrocarbons while those on the top right are only partially filled, ...

The spacecraft Cassini will become a streak of ash when it tumbles into Saturn on Friday. Less than a million miles away, the probe Huygens, which Cassini launched onto Saturn's moon Titan, will ...

New research reveals more about why Saturn's large moon tilts, a puzzle that has intrigued scientists for decades.

Using Titan, Cassini’s orbit could be stretched out, farther from Saturn — for example, to send the spacecraft toward the distant moon Iapetus. With this technique, ...