Cassini’s Final Flyby Reveals Surprises with Titan’s Lakes
On its final flyby of Saturn’s largest moon in 2017, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data revealing that the small liquid lakes in Titan’s northern…
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Scientists Home In On The Mystery Of Titan’s Atmospheric Haze
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is unique among all moons in our solar system for its dense and nitrogen-rich atmosphere that also contains hydrocarbons and other…
NASA Spots Dust Storms on Titan for the First Time
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed what appear to be giant dust storms in equatorial regions of Saturn’s moon Titan. The discovery, described in…
Six New Infrared Images of Saturn’s Moon Titan Are the Clearest Views To Date
These six infrared images of Saturn’s moon Titan represent some of the clearest, most seamless-looking global views of the icy moon’s surface produced so far….
NASA Designing Submarine to Explore Hydrocarbon Seas of Saturn’s Moon Titan
Building a submarine gets tricky when the temperature drops to -300 Fahrenheit (-184 Celsius) and the ocean is made of methane and ethane. Washington State…
Impressive Cassini Image of Rhea Passing in Front of Titan
In this view, Saturn’s icy moon Rhea passes in front of Titan as seen by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Some of the differences between the two…
New Finding Shows Remarkable Similarities Between Earth and Titan
Saturn’s moon Titan may be nearly a billion miles away from Earth, but a recently published paper based on data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveals…
Cassini Image of the Twilight Haze in Titan’s Upper Atmosphere
In this view, individual layers of haze can be distinguished in the upper atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Titan’s atmosphere features a rich and…
New Details on the Unexpected Atmospheric Vortex Behavior on Titan
New research shows that the recently reported unexpected behavior on Saturn’s largest moon Titan is due to its unique atmospheric chemistry. Titan’s polar atmosphere recently…
NASA Reveals Noxious Ice Cloud on Saturn’s Moon Titan
NASA researchers have found evidence of a toxic hybrid ice in a wispy cloud high above the south pole of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The…
Extreme Methane Rainstorms Shape Saturn’s Moon Titan
Newly published research from UCLA shows that extreme methane rainstorms appear to have a key role in shaping Titan’s icy surface. Titan, the largest of…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Completes Its Final Flyby of Titan
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft completed its final flyby of Saturn’s giant moon Titan and is now headed toward its September 15 plunge into Saturn. The spacecraft…
Scientists Detect Acrylonitrile in the Atmosphere of Saturn’s Moon Titan
New research from NASA reveals the chemical acrylonitrile in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan, a place that has long intrigued scientists investigating the chemical…
Cassini Spacecraft Discovers Carbon Chain Anions in Titan’s Atmosphere
The Cassini Spacecraft has made a surprising detection of a molecule that is instrumental in producing complex organics within the hazy atmosphere of Saturn’s moon…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views Northern Summer on Titan
This newly released Cassini image shows bright methane clouds drifting in the summer skies of Saturn’s moon Titan, along with dark hydrocarbon lakes and seas…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Dramatic Transition from Winter to Summer
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft views the Saturnian solstice, which occurs about every 15 Earth years as the planet and its entourage slowly orbit the sun. NASA’s…
Titan’s Landscape Resembles That of Mars, not Earth
New research from MIT shows that the origins of surface elevations on Mars and Titan are very different from that on Earth. The environment on…
NASA’s Cassini Views Cloud Bands Drifting Across Titan
This newly released image from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft shows feathery methane clouds drifting across Saturn’s moon Titan. The Cassini Spacecraft captured the image on May…