Titan

Titan’s Lakes are Nice and Calm. The Perfect Spot for a Landing

A recent study has shown that Titan's methane lakes experience very low waves, which could make it an ideal landing…

7 years ago

Titan Ripe For Drone Invasion

Elizabeth Turtle , a researcher at NASA's JHUAPL, reveals the latest details of "the Dragonfly" - a proposal for an…

7 years ago

Earth Beams From Between Saturn’s Rings in New Cassini Image

Cassini took this rare photo of the Earth and moon on April 12 just before the start of its daring…

7 years ago

The Bubbly Streams Of Titan

Titan's so-called "magic islands" are not islands at all, but nitrogen bubbles, according to researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

7 years ago

Exploring Titan with Aerial Platforms

At NASA's Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop, presenters showed various concepts for exploring Saturn's moon Titan with aerial platforms.

7 years ago

Exploring Titan with Balloons and Landers

At last week's Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop, scientists presented a concept for exploring Titan with balloons and landers.

7 years ago

The Incredible Story of How the Huygens Mission to Titan Succeeded When It Could Have Failed

Twelve years ago today, the Huygens probe landed on Titan, marking the farthest point from Earth any spacecraft has ever…

7 years ago

Land On Titan With Huygens in Beautiful New Video

On December 25, 2004, the piggybacking Huygens probe was released from the ‘mothership’ Cassini spacecraft and it arrived at Titan…

7 years ago

Even Though it’s an Alien World, Titan’s Canyons Would Look Very Familiar

The Cassini probe has found more features on Titan that resemble Earth, steep river valleys that empty into its largest…

8 years ago

Seasonal Change On Titan Is Dynamic Business

At a joint meeting in Pasadena, California last week, European and American scientists were treated to some of the latest…

8 years ago