With its northern autumnal equinox due in 2025, Webb was pointed at the “ringed planet ... of Saturn at any one time to prevent its detectors from being overwhelmed. The resulting images ...

with long shadows cast by the planet's rings. Michael Benson created the image using data returned by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. Saturn usually appears golden in images, as its thick clouds ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on a daredevil mission that is taking it closer to the planet Saturn ... skimmed by Saturn's outer rings, snapping some of the most detailed images we have ever ...

In fact, it's the closest any spacecraft has ever come to Saturn — just 1,900 miles from the beautiful planet's cloud tops. Even more exciting, Cassini has already transmitted images of what it ...

The photo is composed of multiple images taken during the lunar occultation, capturing the event from beginning to end. The photo shows the progression of the moon moving in front of Saturn and ...