Sept. 26, 2005: Cassini visits Saturn’s weirdest moon

<p>Resembling a lumpy chunk of coral floating through space, Hyperion is one of the weirdest moons not just of Saturn, but in the whole solar system. Its shape is irregular, its rotation is chaotic, and it looks oddly spongelike. On Sept. 26, 2005, Cassini completed its first flyby of this bizarre moon, giving NASA both<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/sept-26-2005-cassini-visits-saturns-weirdest-moon/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Sept. 26, 2005: Cassini visits Saturn’s weirdest moon"</span></a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/sept-26-2005-cassini-visits-saturns-weirdest-moon/">Sept. 26, 2005: Cassini visits Saturn’s weirdest moon</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.astronomy.com">Astronomy Magazine</a>.</p>