Dragonfly
If Titan Has the Chemistry For Life, Dragonfly Could Find it
The highly-anticipated Dragonfly robotic rotocraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan is scheduled to launch in 2027. When it arrives in…
NASA has Built a Collection of Instruments That Will Search for Life Inside Europa and Enceladus
Scientists at NASA JPL and Colorado University have created a new instrument for finding signs of life, called the Ocean…
What’s the Right Depth to Search for Life on Icy Worlds?
Are we alone? Is there life beyond Earth? These are the questions that plague the very essence of science, and…
Titan is an Alien World, but Surprisingly Familiar
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is a fascinating and mysterious world, a world literally shrouded in mystery due to thick clouds…
A Mission to Explore the Methane Lakes on Titan
Titan has become a center of increasing attention as of late. Discoveries from Cassini have only increased interest in the…
A map of River Beds on Titan for Dragonfly to Explore
Explorers either have the benefit of having maps or the burden of creating them. Similarly, space explorers have been building…
Dragonfly Mission has Some Ambitious Science Goals to Accomplish When it Arrives at Titan
As any good project manager will tell you, goals are necessary to complete any successful project. The more audacious the…
Titan’s Atmosphere Recreated in an Earth Laboratory
A recent study led by IBM-Zurich has recreated what goes on in Titan's atmosphere, which could help scientists find evidence…
Titan’s Atmosphere Has All the Ingredients For Life. But Not Life as We Know It
In a series of new studies on Saturn's moon Titan, researchers have found more indications that there could be exotic…
Scientists Construct a Global Map of Titan’s Geology
Titan's methane-based hydrologic cycle makes it one of the Solar System's most geologically diverse bodies. There are lakes of methane,…