These false-color images of a hurricane swirling around Saturn’s north pole can now be found in our Cassini HD app for iPad. Download our newest update in the iTunes store for more stunning images of Saturn and its moons.

Another day at the beach with collage artist Lynn Skordal

Planet, sun and moon pendants from the Edelstein Metalsmiths Etsy store.

Brightly colored science-inspired jewelry by Gracie

Planet necklaces from the ShopGibberish Etsy store.

These are some of the stunning space photos assembled by Michael Benson for his gorgeous coffee table book Planetfall: New Solar System Visions.

About the book:

Thanks to the photographic output of a small squadron of interplanetary spacecraft, we have awakened to the beauty and splendor of the solar system. Since Michael Benson’s masterful book Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes, new, more powerful cameras in probes with greatly improved maneuverability have traversed the wheeling satellites of Jupiter; roamed the boulder-strewn red deserts of Mars; studied Saturn’s immaculate rings; and shown us our own ravishing Earth, a blue-white orb with a disturbingly thin atmosphere, as it plunges deeper into ecological crisis. These new images are the subject of Benson’s Planetfall, a truly revelatory book that uses its large page size to reproduce the greatest achievements in contemporary planetary photography as never before.

Planetary pillows by DQtrs

About the collection:

The heavens is the inspiration for these pillows that give a sense of timeless wonder we have been pondering since we looked above.

Sol Explorer for iPhone and iPad by Reason Interactive is a super cool app that lets you zip around the solar system in your own spaceship and learn about the planets and their moons in a fun and interactive way. It’s got impressive graphics and a neat video demonstrating the scale of the planets. It’s exactly the kind of interactive eye candy that makes apps so much fun.

Brian of Reason Interactive happens to be a friend of mine and sometimes friendship  comes with perks. In this case, he’s offering it for half price ($0.99) for today (Sunday, Oct. 21) only. 

NASA launched the Cassini orbiter on October 15, 1997, to explore Saturn, its rings, and system of moons. Fifteen years later, it’s still thrilling the world with wonderfully impossible images from a billion miles away. Thinx is honoring this anniversary by offering its Cassini HD iPad app for half price, just $0.99. Featuring more than 840 stunning images, Cassini HD is the perfect way to see the greatest highlights of this amazing mission.

Today is the day: Cassini HD, our first app for iPad, is finally available in the App Store! Be sure and get it today at the special price of FREE (regularly $1.99). Most important of all, be sure and leave feedback on iTunes — we want to hear what you think. Happy discovering!

It’s almost here (unless you’re far enough east). The Cassini HD app for iPad is arriving in the iTunes app store Saturday, Sept 15 and it will be FREE for one day only. Find out more about it here.

To celebrate the upcoming release of our new Cassini HD iPad app, I will be posting my favorite images from it all week. These natural color images capture Saturn in all its soft-toned splendor.

Cassini HD will be released in the iTunes store on Saturday, Sept. 15. Take advantage of our special release offer and get it for free that first day only. 

To celebrate the upcoming release of our new Cassini HD iPad app, I will be posting my favorite images from it all week. These natural and false color images are among my favorites because they capture Titan’s unusual atmosphere so spectacularly. 

Cassini HD will be released in the iTunes store on Saturday, Sept. 15. Take advantage of our special release offer and get it for free that first day only. 

To celebrate the upcoming release of our new Cassini HD iPad app, I will be posting my favorite images from it all week. These natural color images capture Saturn’s rings with such graphic beauty and stark drama, they’re easily among my favorites.

Cassini HD will be released in the iTunes store on Saturday, Sept. 15. Take advantage of our special release offer and get it for free that first day only. 

I’m very excited to announce that we have a release date for our new app Cassini HD. It will be available in the iTunes App Store this Saturday (Sept. 15) and it will be totally FREE for the whole first day (after Saturday it will be the regular price of $1.99). 

About the app:

While handheld and mobile devices have the power to put information at our fingertips, they can also transform how we learn and interact with knowledge. Cassini HD, the first iPad app from Thinx, harnesses that power to take audiences on a voyage of discovery to the ringed planet of Saturn. The app’s intuitive design helps users to easily navigate a collection of more than 840 spectacular images returned to Earth by the Cassini orbiter while showcasing those images in a way that is both elegant and informative.

Features:

• Journey from Saturn itself, to its stunning rings and past more than 20 different moons 
• Supports both portrait and landscape orientation for optimal viewing quality. 
• Full captions expand with additional information with just a tap 
• Alphabetical menu brings you directly to any section of interest; unique navigation map allows you to scroll easily through this vast collection 
• Integration with the most popular social networks: Share your discoveries with friends on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter, or via email 
• Save your favorite images to your photo roll and use them as a wallpaper on your iPad 
• Future updates will add to this collection the latest images from Cassini as more become available.