Dragonfly, NASA's nuclear-powered rotorcraft-in-progress, has cleared a pivotal checkpoint, the agency announced Thursday.

The most in-depth study of Saturn was done by the Cassini-Huygens mission, which launched from Earth in 1997 and reached the ringed gas giant in 2004. The Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon ...

The Dragonfly quadcopter will soar through Titan’s hazy skies and roam its dune seas in search of evidence that the distant ...

These interactions could promote prebiotic reactions, even without confirmed life. The Cassini-Huygens mission revealed its geology, while Dragonfly will directly study its surface starting in 2034.

"We conclude that Titan's uniquely rich organic inventory may not in fact be available to play the role in the moon's ...

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