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About the exhibition
Please note: this exhibition has now closed
Dates: 22 June–31 August 2009
Saturn is the second largest planet in our Solar System. Famous for its beautiful rings, it also has over 60 moons. Since 2004 the Cassini-Huygens mission has been allowing scientists to explore Saturn as never before. This exhibition brings together some of the best images from Cassini-Huygens’ first four years at Saturn, with several favourites selected by the mission scientists themselves. Together these pictures reveal the beauty and wonder of the ‘ringed planet’. Read more...
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Mission images
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Cassini reveals Saturn to be a turbulent world, wracked with violent storms and fierce winds.
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Saturn’s rings are made of trillions of moving icy particles – but perhaps surprisingly are relatively stable and beautifully intricate. -
The 'ringed planet' has a multitude of moons – 61 in total – and Cassini has been exploring some of them. -
The Cassini-Huygens mission has revealed Saturn’s largest moon as a world hauntingly Earth-like in appearance, yet totally alien in nature.
Explore Cassini
Explore Cassini’s instruments, with the Royal Observatory’s public astronomer, Marek Kukula.
Never-before seen
In anticipation of Saturn's equinox, Cassini’s imaging team is releasing images today of scenes only possible once every 15 years.