Checking in on Saturn
While we humans carry on with our daily lives down here on Earth, perhaps stuck in traffic or reading blogs, or just enjoying a Springtime stroll, a school-bus-sized spacecraft called Cassini continues to gather data and images for us - 1.4 billion kilometers (870 million miles) away. Over the past months, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has made several close flybys of Saturn's moons, caught the Sun's
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Saturn's rings 'may live forever'
Saturn's iconic rings may be much older than we thought, scientists say. Data from the Cassini probe shows these thin bands of orbiting particles were probably there billions of years ago, and are likely to be very long-lived. It means we are not in some special time - the giant planet has most likely always provided a stunning view. Previous data had led researchers to believe the rings were crea
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Saturn's ring mystery is solved
