When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Saturn's diminuitive moon Daphnis may be small, but it sure knows how to make its presence known.

As it nears the end of its mission, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been going in to get close-ups of Saturn's rings. On January 16 it captured the closest view ever taken of the giant planet's ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn just keeps sending us treasures. In this image, taken January 16, we see the moon Daphnis, a 5-mile diameter chunk of rock and ice, orbiting inside a gap at the ...

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The thing is, it’s not just another gorgeous picture. This image — from Cassini, of course — is truly remarkable. The first thing you should know is that Saturn’s rings are incredibly flat. If you ...

Epic photos from NASA's space missions aren't a rare occurrence, but they don't come more dramatic than the latest image beamed back by the Cassini spacecraft. Currently in close orbit around Saturn, ...

Saturn has an extensive ring system that extends out to 282,000km away from the planet, or about three quarters of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Within this structure there are a dozen ...

The wavemaker moon, Daphnis, is featured in this view, taken as NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made one of its ring-grazing passes over the outer edges of Saturn’s rings on Jan. 16, 2017. This is the ...