Scientists digging through data collected by the Cassini spacecraft have found new complex organic molecules spewing from ...

In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini trained their telescopes on Saturn and uncovered a startling truth: the planet's luminous bands were not solid appendages, but ...

In 2005, ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan, revealing the atmosphere, landscapes, and chemistry of Saturn's moon.

On Dec. 25, 2004, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft dropped a lander named Huygens at Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Huygens was a European spacecraft that hitched a ride to the Saturn system with Cassini.

The European Space Agency and NASA have identified a new mission scenario in order to solve the Huygens radio communications problem and fully recover the scientific return from the Cassini-Huygens ...

After a seven-year cruise through the Solar System, the joint NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft last night successfully entered orbit around Saturn. The Cassini orbiter is now ready to begin its ...

A complete and in-depth site about the Cassini orbiter and Huygens probe. Updated daily, it includes an overview of NASA’s mission in launching Cassini, the construction of the actual orbiter, as well ...

After an epic journey of seven years and 3.5 billion kilometres, the Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn orbit on 1 July 2004. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a $3 billion, 4-year tour of Saturn, its ...

This image from the radar instrument aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the large hydrocarbon sea Ligeia Mare on Saturn's biggest moon, Titan. On Friday (Sept. 15), NASA's Cassini mission will ...

The European Space Agency’s Huygens Probe appears shining as it coasts away from Cassini in this close-up of an image taken on Dec. 26, 2004, just two days after it successfully detached from the ...

WASHINGTON – “Spectacular Saturn: Images From the Cassini-Huygens Mission,” an exhibition of more than 60 views of Saturn and its moons, is on display through Dec. 8 at the National Academies’ Keck ...

The Cassini spacecraft successfully performed a critical six-minute trajectory correction maneuver May 27th to put it on course with its first encounter, Saturn’s outermost moon Phoebe, set for June ...