The station Cassini, which on April 26 made the first ever flight between Saturn and its rings, did not find dust in this region, reports NASA.

"Apparently, the region between Saturn and the rings is a" great emptiness ". Cassini will continue the research, and scientists will try to find out why the dust content in the region is much lower than expected, "said Earls Mays, the head of mission Cassini.

If the space between the rings and Saturn were filled with dust, Cassini would need to use its antenna to protect against particles, a collision with which could be detrimental to the apparatus. The station used the antenna as an "umbrella" during the first flight. Now the researchers have established that there is no need for this.

The space station Cassini-Huygens, worth more than three billion dollars, was launched into space in 1997 to study Saturn and its satellite Titan.

Cassini is named after the Italian scientist Jean Domenico Cassini, who proved that the ring of Saturn consists of two parts, separated by a dark strip (Cassini division) also assuming that the rings of Saturn consist of parts of various sizes.

Cassini-Huygens - one of the most ambitious space stations ever launched into space.

It is filled with a huge number of instruments and cameras for accurate measurements and high quality images in different atmospheric conditions and color spectrum. The space station consists of the Cassini orbital station (built by NASA) and the probe Huygens (European Space Agency).

Cassini's mission is a joint project of NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency.

One of the achievements of NASA scientists exploring photos with Cassini is the detection of liquid water in the depths of Titan. Also earlier, NASA published unprecedentedly clear photos of Saturn's rings.