NASA’s Cassini spacecraft snapped hundreds of photos of Saturn, backlit by the Sun. NASA combined 141 of those photos to produce a dazzling panoramic image of Saturn, its rings and the space ...

A NASA spacecraft has revealed an unprecedented view of Saturn from space, showing the entire gas giant backlit by the sun with several of its moons and all but one of its rings, as Earth ...

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"Looking at the Saturn system when it is backlit by the sun gives scientists a kind of inside-out view of Saturn that we don't normally see," Matt Hedman, a Cassini mission scientist at the ...

A stunning new backlit image of the planet Saturn and its rings has been released by Nasa. The view of Saturn being lit up from behind by the Sun was taken by the Cassini spacecraft in October.

Say cheese! NASA's Cassini spacecraft will capture a rare image of Earth early tomorrow morning as it photographs Saturn backlit by the Sun. In December 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 emerged from ...

The distant moon of Enceladus is an icy wasteland orbiting Saturn and the object of this ... particles in the plume are most easily seen when backlit by the sun." The picture was taken from ...

A Cassini image of Saturn's moon Enceladus backlit by the sun shows a fountain-like spray of material erupting from the south polar region. The sixth largest of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus is only ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Saturn’s iconic icy rings may not be around for future skygazers to glimpse at through their ...