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Gallery – Geyser moon seen in silhouette

Gallery – Geyser moon seen in silhouette

Saturn’s moon Enceladus viewed in the shadows of the giant ringed planet.

Gallery – Quintet of Saturnian moons

Gallery – Quintet of Saturnian moons

Five of Saturn’s moons come together in a view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

Gallery – Dione and friends

Gallery – Dione and friends

Dione, Saturn’s second densest moon, coasts in orbit past the planets rings.

Gallery – Saturn’s four moon shuffle

Gallery – Saturn’s four moon shuffle

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft snaps four moons in the one image.

Trio of Saturnian moons

Trio of Saturnian moons

Light and shadow play on three of Saturn’s moon as they whiz around the planet.

Up close with Helene

Up close with Helene

Fly-past of one of Saturn’s little-known icy moons.

One image, five moons

One image, five moons

NASA’s Saturn-circling spacecraft Cassini snaps a family portrait of five very different moons.

Saturn’s three-in-one

Saturn’s three-in-one

Remarkable image shows two of Saturn’s moons and its rings in the one shot.

Enceladus – Saturn’s shiny moon

Enceladus – Saturn’s shiny moon

At just 504km wide, a fresh coating of icy particles keeps Enceladus looking like new.

Meet Mimas, the bullseye moon

Meet Mimas, the bullseye moon

Almost shattered by a titanic cosmic collision, Mimas still bears the scars.