Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the ...

Titan—an alien world that looks like Earth but is anything but! With vast methane lakes, plastic-like mountains, and a dense atmosphere, this Saturnian moon could be our best shot at colonization ...

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 ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside my home in Utah snow dusted a rocky mountain outcrop I’d ...

NASA's got a new mission on the horizon. Land an unmanned spacecraft on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. And explore the surface for evidence of potential alien life. The billion dollar mission will ...

Scientists have discovered that the icy shell of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could possess an insulated, six-mile-thick ...

Why it's so special: This picture was taken by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during its historic parachute descent onto Titan's surface ... above Saturn's largest moon.

How Titan maintains its atmosphere Laboratory experiments produced gases similar to those on Saturn's moon Date: January 27, 2025 Source: Southwest Research Institute Summary: Scientists 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 ...