For over 400 years, Saturn's rings have fascinated astronomers, with their detection dating back to the 17th century when the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens observed them after Galileo.

In December, the spacecraft skimmed by Saturn's outer rings, snapping some of the most detailed images we have ever seen. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from Science NASA's Cassini ...

Four of our planets have rings, but Saturn's are enormous and complex ... Dutch polymath and lens grinder Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the first known moon of Saturn.

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn ... named Huygens, for the 17th century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens ...

Notably, Galileo Galilei's early telescopic observations in the 1610s couldn't resolve Saturn's rings. It was only in 1655, thanks to Christiaan Huygens, that the detached rings were identified.

The Huygens landing was part of the Cassini mission, which launched on Oct. 15, 1997. In 2017, after 20 years of thrilling exploration, the spacecraft made its final approach to Saturn ...

The photos the probe took revealed some astonishing things about Saturn, its rings and moons. Scientists have watched a new band of the ring form and witnessed the changing of seasons on this gas ...

Titan - Saturn's moon with hydrocarbon lakes under a dense atmosphere First discovered in 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, Titan is the largest of the 82 moons of Saturn we have ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn ... named Huygens, for the 17th century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn ... named Huygens, for the 17th century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens ...

When the probe — named Huygens, for the 17th century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens who discovered that ... The crags frame a glowing Saturn, floating huge, rings nearly edge-on, like a giant’s ...