Perhaps the most exciting part of the Cassini spacecraft's 12-and-a-half years orbiting Saturn was back in December 2004, when the mothership deposited the European Space Agency's Huygens probe.

The Huygens probe has sent back stunning images of Titan's surface, which have given scientists their first glimpse beneath the moon's smoggy shroud. The pictures show an orange world littered with ...

The European Space Agency’s Huygens probe was successfully released by NASA’s Cassini orbiter and is now on a controlled collision course toward Saturn’s largest and most mysterious moon, Titan, where ...

As Psyche approached Mars from an unusual angle, the planet appeared as a glowing crescent wrapped in dusty sunlight. Its ...

When Psyche arrives at the metal-rich asteroid in August 2029, it will slip into orbit and start mapping the surface.

The Huygens spacecraft has sent back its first signal on its historic descent to Saturn's moon Titan. Early on Friday Huygens began its dive through Titan's atmosphere, taking images and readings as ...

Clutching three black-and-white photographs, Marty Tomasko beamed as he strode into a late-night press briefing on Jan. 14 in Darmstadt, Germany. With a crowd gathering around him at the European ...

17th century scientist Christiaan Huygens set his sights on faraway Saturn, but he may have been nearsighted. Huygens is known, in part, for discovering Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and deducing the ...

The Huygens space craft has sent back the first images of Saturn's moon Titan, showing what appears to be a shoreline of an oily ocean. One stunning black and white image reveals what seem to be ...

Psyche will arrive at the metal-rich asteroid in August 2029. NASA's Psyche mission caught a striking view of Mars last week as it swung past the Red Planet for a speed boost toward its ultimate ...