Scientists have performed laboratory experiments to better understand how Saturn's moon Titan can maintain its unique nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system and ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn ... Huygens who discovered that world — transmitted its first pictures, the ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has partnered with the Carnegie Institution for Science to perform laboratory experiments that recreate the conditions of Saturn's moon Titan in a tiny vial.

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is one of the most intriguing destinations in our solar system. With its thick atmosphere, rivers of liquid methane, and icy surface, this ocean world resembles early ...

The European Space Agency's Huygens probe hitched a ride on NASA's Cassini spacecraft to Saturn's largest moon Titan ... How the world’s tallest bridge changed the map of Europe Japan hikes ...

Titan - Saturn's moon with hydrocarbon lakes under a dense atmosphere First discovered in 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, Titan is the largest of the 82 moons of Saturn we have ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Titan is the only known moon with an atmosphere, and the most Earth-like place we know of. It has rain, lakes, and oceans ...

During Titan's "ice ages," scientists think nitrogen made up most of the moon's atmosphere, fell as liquid rain, and cycled through the world's icy crust, collecting in pools below the surface.