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If we are going to find aliens in our solar system, we might have a better shot exploring moons rather than other planets.

Atlas may look like some sort of alien spacecraft, but it is a special moon of Saturn that orbits the planet near its outermost ring.

A photograph taken by the spacecraft Jan. 9, but released Monday by NASA, shows the various regions of the gas giant’s C ring.

NASA will preview the final months of the Cassini spacecraft and its Saturn mission in a news conference.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spent two decades traveling to and studying Saturn, soon it will burn up in the planet's atmosphere.

A series of NASA experiments has indicated that on Saturn's largest moon, hydrocarbon lakes may occasionally “breathe” nitrogen.

The finding suggests Saturn’s icy moon could have an underground reservoir of liquid water closer to the surface than previously thought.

The new images suggest the presence of tiny "moonlets" that could be located within Saturn's rings.

The space administration is set to launch a couple new programs and could rely increasingly on private partnerships.

Images captured using two separate instruments on board NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed a baffling discrepancy — one that relates to the cloud cover on Saturn's largest moon.

A team of researchers has estimated the rate at which the gas giant's moons are moving away from it. The calculations suggest that the moons may not have formed 4.5 billion years ago as previously believed.

The ring-grazing maneuver — the first of 20 the spacecraft is scheduled to carry out over the coming months — will provide some of the best views of Saturn's rings.

The spacecraft, which has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, will begin grazing the planet’s rings later this month as part of the first phase of its “endgame.”

NASA thinks that Saturn's North Pole is protected by a hexagon jet stream.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured images showing a vortex rich in trace gases developing in the upper atmosphere over the south pole.

The photo shows the planet's shadow on the rings that surround it.

New data from the Cassini mission confirms that Saturn's moon Dione has a subsurface ocean.

NASA and the European Space Agency announced Thursday that the Cassini spacecraft had detected “faint but distinct” evidence of dust from beyond our solar system near Saturn.

Using data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft, which is currently locked in orbit around Saturn, scientists have identified the tallest mountain on the alien moon.

"Public diplomacy and cooperation in space go together like peanut butter and jelly," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took images during its Oct. 14 flyby when the spacecraft passed 1,142 miles above Enceladus’ surface.