Saturn’s planet-sized moon Titan is enshrouded in thick orange haze and clouds, but that hasn’t kept the robotic spacecraft Cassini from confirming the presence of lakes of liquid hydrocarbons

Ring shadows on Saturn’s hazy atmosphere, attended by the little moon Mimas.

The Kaguya lunar orbiter sends this new view of Plato, a 110-kilometer-wide crater filled with lava at the northern edge of Mare Imbrium, the “Sea of Rains.”

Recent robotic space exploration news from around the world and around the solar system:

Mars Rover Team Diagnosing Unexpected Behavior
One of John Updike’s Last Magazine Articles: Visions of Mars

A mosaic of the ground near Opportunity’s wheels as it continues its southward journey.