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 ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan in November 2022. Credit: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 is quite unique in the solar system. It is Saturn's largest moon, even bigger than Mercury. Moreover, it has a rare feature: a thick atmosphere, which is uncommon among moons. When we think of ...

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 ...

On Friday, the European space probe Huygens is set to parachute onto the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. If all goes well, Huygens will gather pictures, sounds and air samples as it falls through the ...

We tend to think of the weather as mundane, the sort of boring things you talk about when you have nothing else to say, but in the scope of the solar system, it’s one of the most interesting things ...

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 ...