Nasa Cassini Spacecraft

Saturn's moon Enceladus found to have all ingredients needed for life

German scientists analysing Cassini data find complex organic molecules in Enceladus' plumes, raising hopes that its hidden ocean could support life beyond Earth

Cassini is gone. Here are the next space missions to watch out for

Here are a variety of space missions worth keeping tabs on over the next decade or so

Cassini crashes: Time for new mission to explore life on Saturn's moons

Cassini discovered new moons around Saturn, found evidence for an ocean below the surface of the moon Enceladus and even managed to land a probe on the satellite Titan

Cassini spacecraft's 20-year Saturn mission ends in fiery space crash

The Cassini mission gave scientists an unprecedented view of the sixth planet from the Sun

Mission over: The final countdown to Cassini's fatal plunge into Saturn

Cassini's final bonanza of data, transmitted as weak radio signals, will take 83 minutes to travel 1.5 billion km at the speed of light to reach the giant dish antennas in Canberra

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft to crash into Saturn, end its 13-year journey

The spacecraft's fateful dive is the final beat in the mission's Grand Finale, 22 weekly dives, which began in late April, through the gap between Saturn and its rings

After revealing Saturn, Nasa's Cassini set for final dive on September 15

Soon after, Cassini will burn up and disintegrate like a meteor, Nasa said in a statement

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft prepares to take final plunge into Saturn

However, before contact is lost, eight of Cassini's 12 science instruments will be operating

NASA's Cassini spacecraft probe captures Saturn's dawn in stunning image

Image captures unilluminated side of rings from about seven degrees below the ring plane