Titan
Colorful Holiday Treats from Saturn
[/caption] "Hey! Look what our Santa at Saturn has sent our way!" said Carolyn Porco, the Cassini imaging team lead,…
Titan’s Colorful Crescent
[/caption] Made from one of the most recent Cassini images, this is a color-composite showing a backlit Titan with its dense, multi-layered…
A Tale of Three Moons: Is There Life in the Outer Solar System?
[/caption] Until fairly recently, the search for life elsewhere in the solar system has focused primarily on Mars, as it…
Titan’s Giant Cloud Explained
[/caption] Titan is making news again, this time with Cassini images from 2010 showing a storm nearly as big as…
Cassini Surveys the Dunes of Xanadu on Titan
[/caption] The name "Xanadu" just sounds exotic and enticing, and given that this region on Titan is right next to…
Cassini Focuses In On Two Moons
[/caption] In this new image from the Cassini Imaging Team Saturn's moon Titan looks a little out of focus compared…
Insanely Awesome Raw Cassini Images of Titan and Enceladus
[/caption] An incredible set of images are beaming back from the Cassini spacecraft as it orbits Saturn, snapping away at…
A Cometary Case for Titan’s Atmosphere
[/caption] Titan is a fascinating world to planetary scientists. Although it's a moon of Saturn it boasts an opaque atmosphere…
Is Titan Hiding an Ocean?
[/caption] Saturn's moon Titan just keeps throwing surprises at us. A multi-layered atmosphere thicker than our own? Check. A…
Earth-like Cirrus Clouds Found on Titan
[/caption] It seems Titan is getting more Earth-like all the time. There are lakes, rainfall (never mind that any liquids…