Titan
Astronomy Cast Ep. 201: Titan
Titan is Saturn’s largest moon, and the second largest moon in the Solar System. It’s unique in the Solar System…
Titan-ic Tsunami Causing Crack in Saturn’s C Ring
[/caption] Saturn’s rings have several gaps, most of which are caused by small moons shepherding ring debris into breaks in…
Largest Clouds Ever Seen on Titan
[/caption] The Cassini spacecraft recently swooped by Saturn’s largest moon Titan and captured images of large patches of clouds. “These…
Titan Weather Report for Spring: Still Cold, but Clearing Skies
[/caption] The beauty of an extended space mission is that scientists can make long term observations and find out things…
Watch Titan Occult a Binary Star System
[/caption] Scott Kardel from the Palomar Observatory just posted something extremely cool on his Palomar Skies website. Back in 2001,…
Zapping Titan-Like Atmosphere with UV Creates Life Precursors
[/caption] From the University of Arizona The first experimental evidence showing how atmospheric nitrogen can be incorporated into organic macromolecules…
Titan + Dione = New Desktop
[/caption] Another stunning image from the Cassini spacecraft, suitable for wallpaper on your desktop. Click image for larger version, or…
Alien Life on Titan? Hang on Just a Minute…
[/caption] Two papers released last week detailing oddities found on Titan have blown the top off the 'jumping to conclusions'…
Early Faint Sun Paradox Explained?
[/caption] Models of the Sun’s evolution indicate it was as much as 30 percent less luminous during Earth’s early history…
Incredible Images of Enceladus From Cassini’s Latest Flyby
[/caption] Wow. Cassini the artist has struck again, this time with amazing images from the close flyby of Enceladus that…