"Titan is weird. It's a playground for studying processes we thought we understood." Scientists have known for a while that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has rivers and seas of liquid methane on ...

Discovered in 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens and initially known as Saturni Luna (“moon of Saturn”), Titan earned its name in 1847 courtesy of Britain’s Sir John Herschel.

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, has the ingredients for ... of Arizona and Harvard University tried to answer that question without the 880 million-mile space trip. Their goal was to figure ...

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is the only body beyond Earth known to host stable bodies of liquid on its surface. | Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Idaho Scientists have known ...

This composite image shows an infrared view of Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, acquired during a high-altitude fly-by, 6,200 miles above the moon, on Nov. 13, 2015.

Saturn's moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount, study finds Date: April 7, 2025 Source: University of Arizona Summary: Despite its uniquely rich inventory of organic molecules ...

This artist's concept of a lake at the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan illustrates ... It all happens without oxygen, which makes it especially relevant for a world like Titan, where oxygen ...

Fermentation occurs as microorganisms break down organic molecules, without the need ... the researchers modeled Titan's environment, they found that even though the moon has plenty of organic ...

This artist's concept of a lake at the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan illustrates raised rims ... converts organic compounds to energy without using any oxygen. Yes, the process you ...

New research finds that despite large rivers and seas of liquid methane, Saturn's moon Titan seems mostly devoid of river deltas, raising new questions about the surface dynamics on this alien world.

NASA's pioneering Dragonfly mission has cleared a key hurdle, keeping it on track for a 2028 launch to Saturn's huge moon Titan. Dragonfly, a car-sized, nuclear-powered rotorcraft designed to ...