Mar 12th, 2008 · The Cassini spacecraft is on track Wednesday to skim past Saturn's moon, Enceladus, right through the plume of an "ice geyser" that is throwing material out into space and may be fed by an underground ocean. Scientists say Enceladus is the sort of place that theoretically could support some form of life.
Oct 12th, 2007 · The Cassini spacecraft has discovered three lakes near the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan. The strange bodies are filled not with water but with liquid methane and ethane. Methane also drizzles from the sky on Titan.
Dec 9th, 2005 · Scientists monitoring the Cassini mission to Saturn release some startling images of Saturn's moons. One image suggests the icy moon Enceladus is still geologically active inside.
Jul 30th, 2005 · The Cassini probe returns a wealth of sound from Saturn. Astrophysicist Donald Gurnett tells Christopher Joyce that it's especially helpful to hear Saturn, because the gas giant's cloudy atmosphere shields its surface from telescopes.
Jan 14th, 2005 · A European Space Agency probe is transmitting information and images after dropping by parachute to the surface of Titan, one of Saturn's moons. Mission scientists in Germany are getting data via the Cassini mothership orbiting Saturn. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Richard Harris.
Jan 14th, 2005 · The European space probe Huygens has arrived on Titan, Saturn's biggest moon, and begun beaming data to its mother ship, NASA's Cassini spacecraft. We get an update on the mission.
Oct 28th, 2004 · NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR's Ira Flatow, host of Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about new images and data from the Cassini space probe that could unlock some of the mysteries surrounding Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Oct 27th, 2004 · Images of Saturn's moon Titan sent back by the Cassini spacecraft show the outlines of what could be continents, lakes or something else entirely. Until now, Titan's perpetual smog layer kept scientists from seeing its surface in detail. Hear NPR's David Kestenbaum.