[Thursday, August 2, 2007] Cassini scientists may have identified the source of one of Saturn's more mysterious rings. Saturn's G ring likely is produced by relatively large, icy particles that reside within a bright arc on the ring's inner edge.

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[Saturday, August 11, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, August 7, from the Madrid tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

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[Sunday, August 12, 2007] NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed for the first time surface details of Saturn's moon Hyperion, including cup-like craters filled with hydrocarbons that may indicate more widespread presence in our solar system of basic chemicals necessary for life.

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[Tuesday, August 14, 2007] A new model of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus may quell hopes of finding life there. Developed by researchers at the University of Illinois, the model explains the most salient observations on Enceladus without requiring the presence of liquid water.

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[Monday, August 20, 2007] Dr. Chris McKay, a planetary scientist at NASA Ames, gave a Director's Colloquium to students and staff on Aug. 14. The topic of McKay's discussion was Titan, the largest moon on Saturn.

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[Thursday, August 23, 2007] The question of whether Titan can retain its thick, organic atmosphere for the rest of its lifetime could hinge on how efficiently methane molecules were packed inside water "crates" during a period of the moon's formation.

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[Thursday, August 23, 2007] On 12th March 2008, Cassini will swing by Saturn's moon Enceladus at an altitude of less than 100 kilometres at the point of closest approach.

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[Friday, August 24, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, August 21, from the Goldstone tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] Prometheus pulls material from the tortured F ring in this highly detailed view. The aftereffects of the moon's other recent encounters with the ring are visible above as dark channels in the inner ringlet.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] The effects of three of Saturn's ring moons can be spotted in this single narrow-angle camera view. The image has been strongly enhanced to better show the wakes on both sides of the Encke Gap.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] Beyond Epimetheus (116 kilometers, or 72 miles across), the narrow F ring appears dark from this vantage point, against the much brighter planet.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] Enceladus appears as a rather bland orb in this far-off snapshot, but the dark markings near its south pole belie that assumption.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] Incredible swirling details in Saturn's northern clouds can be seen in this dazzling view. Shadows cast by the rings embrace the northern hemisphere.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] Graceful giant Saturn poses with a few of the small worlds it holds close. From this viewpoint the Cassini spacecraft can see across the entirety of the planet's shadow on the rings, to where the ringplane emerges once again into sunlight.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] This bright, isolated plateau in the middle of the C ring displays interesting internal variations in brightness.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] The night side of Rhea shines softly in reflected light from Saturn. A similar effect, called Earthshine, can often be seen dimly illuminating the dark side Earth's moon.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] The Cassini spacecraft snaps an excellent view of the leading side of Mimas and its distinguishing crater, Herschel. The moon's night side is partly lit by reflected light from Saturn.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] A surge in brightness appears on the rings directly opposite the Sun from the Cassini spacecraft. This "opposition surge" travels across the rings as the spacecraft watches.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] This tilted look at Mimas highlights the many deep craters on the icy moon's trailing side. North on Mimas (397 kilometers, or 247 miles across) is up and rotated 44 degrees to the right.

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[Sunday, August 26, 2007] Faint features in Saturn's innermost ring, the D ring, are brought into view in this strongly contrast-enhanced Cassini image. A few background stars are visible through the sheer ring as squiggly star trails.

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[Tuesday, August 28, 2007] Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are finding new ways to understand the phenomenon-both in Earth's atmosphere and in that of Saturn's moon Titan, aided by data gathered from the Cassini-Huygens probe.

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