The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn provided a close-up study of the gas giant planet, as
well as its rings, moons, and magnetosphere. The Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in …

Uranus and Neptune are the least-explored planets in our Solar System. This paper
summarizes mysteries about these incredibly intriguing planets and their environments …

INTRODUCTION Past remote observations of Saturn by Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and 2, Earth-
based observatories, and the Cassini prime and solstice missions suggested an inflow of …

There is ongoing debate as to whether Saturn's main rings are relatively young or ancient—
having been formed shortly after Saturn or during the Late Heavy Bombardment. The rings …

Abstract During the Grand Finale stage of the Cassini mission, organic-rich ring material was
discovered to be flowing into Saturn's equatorial upper atmosphere at a surprisingly large …

In this study we performed a new analysis of ground-based observations that were taken on
17 April 2011 using the 10-metre Keck telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Emissions from H …

Abstract Between 26 April and 15 September 2017, Cassini executed 23 highly inclined
Grand Finale orbits through a new frontier for space exploration, the narrow region between …

During Cassini's final, spectacular months, in situ instruments made the first direct
measurements of nanoparticles, finding an exceptionally large flow from the rings into …

The Cassini spacecraft's final orbits sampled Saturn's atmosphere and returned surprisingly
complex mass spectra from the Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer. Signal returned from the …

The Cassini mission provided key measurements needed to determine the absolute age of
Saturn's rings, including the extrinsic micrometeoroid flux at Saturn, the volume fraction of …