Cassini's final moments: Nasa spacecraft sends last signals on Saturn death plunge – as it happened

After 20 years and a journey of eight billion kilometres, Cassini has fallen silent following its dive towards SaturnFull story: Cassini spacecraft falls silentWhat did the Cassini mission tell us about Saturn and its moons?1.45pmBSTWe are going to wrap up the liveblog now. You can find our news story on the fiery demise of Cassinihere, and our piece on what we learned from the missionhere. It was an incredible mission. Thanks for joining us for the end.1.44pmBSTCassini gave us Saturn, but also gave us Earth — as only deep space could reveal: Small. Frail. Lonely. Steeped in darkness.pic.twitter.com/zjF6jNUFyUContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 15, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Tags: Saturn Nasa Space Science Source Type: news