But later – hundreds of millions of years in the future – a permanent, virtually ringless Saturn will become real, thanks to ...

Narrator: In 2017, NASA's Cassini probe sent us our closest view of Saturn as it dove into the planet's stormy atmosphere. And the results were stunning. But what would it be like if humans made ...

It also sets the stage for the probe's dramatic end-manoeuvre next month when it will plunge to destruction in the planet's atmosphere. Cassini is currently flying a series of loops around Saturn ...

Meanwhile, the ice chunks that make up the rings can be quite a bit bigger ... either slam into the planet or escape into Saturn's atmosphere or out into space. In conclusion, the rings hardly get ...

However, a new team has attempted to model the collisions of micrometeoroids with the ice and rock that make up ... Saturn, gravitational escape or electromagnetic drag into Saturn’s atmosphere ...

This unexpected interaction between the rings and the upper atmosphere is now investigated in depth to define new diagnostic tools for estimating if distant exoplanets have extended Saturn-like ...

Nothing can now stop the death plunge in Saturn's atmosphere on Friday. Cassini will be torn to pieces as it heads down towards the clouds. Its components will melt and be dispersed through the ...

detailed date on Saturn's turbulent upper atmosphere. September 11th — Cassini will make its final pass by Saturn's largest moon Titan. Titan is an exotic world with lakes of liquid methane and ...