For thirteen years, from 2004 to 2017, the Cassini-Huygens mission conducted a detailed survey of the Saturn system. It ...

A blurry image of a round, celestial object similar in appearance to Earth was posted on X (formerly Twitter) by the account @Reineguerrieree in April 2024 alongside a claim it showed Saturn's largest ...

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn was discovered by Dutch astronomer Christian Huygens in 1655 and certainly deserves its name. With a diameter of no less than 5,150 km, it is larger than Mercury and ...

A blurry photo posted online in April 2024 shows a celestial body that looks like Earth but is actually Saturn's largest moon, Titan. A blurry image of a round, celestial object similar in appearance ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon and the second-largest in the solar system, is a strange place. Like Earth, it has lakes and seas; unlike on Earth, those bodies are filled with liquid methane. Titan also ...

A particular cornerstone of prebiotic chemistry is hydrogen cyanide, which, under the right conditions, forms compounds that ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Infrared-light images of Titan taken by the James Webb Space Telescope in July 2023 showing ...

On Oct. 26, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft made its first close pass by Saturn's planet-size moon, Titan (later known as Titan ...

Side-by-side images of Saturn’s moon Titan, captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera on 4 November 2022, with clouds and other features visible. Left image is various shades of red. Right image is ...

A depiction of Saturn's moon Titan, the only other world in the solar system where scientists believe there are surface oceans. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration Earth isn't the only world in ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside my home in Utah snow dusted a rocky mountain outcrop I’d nicknamed ...

Future explorers of Saturn’s moon Titan may get to surf on waves of rocket fuel. The icy shorelines of Titan’s southern lakes may be sculpted by waves of liquid methane, according to a recent study. A ...