Rings Around Saturn

This Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) image, taken Sept. 18, 2009, shows a view of Saturn as it passes behind the sun, Cassini spacecraft in tow. Saturn Superior Conjunction is underwa...

Flying past Saturn's moon Dione, Cassini captured this view which includes two smaller moons, Epimetheus and Prometheus, near the planet's rings.

The complex and dynamic atmosphere of Titan displays multiple haze layers near the north pole in this view, which also provides an excellent look at the detached stratospheric haze layer that surro...

This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals the wind patterns within a large vortex that was spawned by a giant northern storm on Saturn. The arrows indicate the local direction of the winds....

The nearly full Moon rises over the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City.

The shadow of the moon Mimas has just slipped off Saturn's rings and onto the planet in this Cassini spacecraft image. The shadow is visible as a short dash below the rings' shadows on the planet....

The Cassini spacecraft observes the wrinkled surface of Enceladus. The geologically active south polar region is visible at bottom. This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Enceladus (504 ...

Wispy terrain winds across the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Dione in this Cassini view taken during the spacecraft's Jan. 27, 2010 non-targeted flyby.

During its final targeted flyby of Titan on April 22, 2017, Cassini's radar mapper got the mission’s last close look at the moon's surface.

Colorful Saturn, Getting Closer June 3, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06060 As Cassini coasts into the final month of its nearly seven-year t...

This global digital map of Saturn's moon Tethys was created using data taken by the Cassini spacecraft, with gaps in coverage filled in by NASA's Voyager spacecraft data. The map is an equidistant ...

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a large number of craters, formed by collisions into the surface of asteroid Vesta. The relatively large circular depressions in this image are older, h...

The Earth as seen from the Moon.

Basking in sunlight, Enceladus looks peaceful and quiet while unseen jets of vapor and icy particles shoot from the south polar terrain of this active moon. The jets can't be seen here, but to wat...

A swing high above Saturn by NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed this stately view of the golden-hued planet and its main rings.

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows part of Kaikara Crater (45 miles, 72 kilometers wide) on Ceres. The image is centered at 41 degrees north latitude, 226 degrees east longitude.

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the western rim of Azacca Crater on Ceres. A smaller impact feature sits on its flank. Of particular interest in this scene is the great number of small...

Click here for links to the referenced movie. This movie, comprised of several detailed images taken by Cassini's radar instrument, shows bodies of liquid near Titan's north pole. These images sh...

In the distance beyond Saturn's icy rings, the Cassini spacecraft glimpses faint details on the surface of Titan. In the foreground, the B ring displays several dark spokes. This view looks toward...

+ Viewing options A gaggle of moons parades around Saturn's rings in this movie from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, featuring Rhea and three other moons. This sight may at first appear confusing, wit...

This image taken on August 15, 2016, shows the eastern part of a feature called Nar Sulcus in Yalode Crater on dwarf planet Ceres, as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

A relatively young, ice-filled crater near the north pole of Mars.

Earth in the evening sky of Mars, Mars rising in the sky on Earth.

Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta's high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

This graphic plots the source locations of the geysers scientists have located on Enceladus' south polar terrain.